Well, now with the election over, the peaceful transition of power has begun. It's weird not turning on CNN or opening the newspaper to find pictures of Obama, McCain, and Palin plastered everywhere.
In a recent New York Times article, a post-election meeting between Obama and McCain was chronicled. After the election, there has been a general sense of calm after the storm with politics, and the article seems to reflect that.
It may be the fact that the quotes from the sources are generally calming and uniting, rather than the divisive, vicious comments that were constantly thrown at each other during the campaign cycle. It also may have to do with the fact that the reporter can now report on actual high level meetings, rather than pretty pointless, unimportant happenings (at least in the general scheme of things).
More than anything, I liked the historical perspective the article gave, when at the end it mentioned how Senator John Kerry didn't even wait a week to attack President George Bush after his defeat in 2004. It gives us a reminder that although this election was historic and monumental, it accomplishes the same thing with every election, and that it really isn't all that different.
The article can be found here.
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