won't you be my neighbor?

notpoetry said it best. It was literally a new day on the East Coast when Obama (holy god, President-Elect Obama) started speaking.

I have a headache and so I am going to bed. But am beyond excited.

ahem

"See, you won with 52 percent, but the President took your district with 59. And I think it's high time we come back and say thanks. Do you have any idea how much noise Air Force One makes when it lands in Eau Claire, Wisconsin? We're gonna have a party, Congressman. You should come; it's gonna be great. And when the watermelon's done, right in town square, right in the band gazebo. You guys got a band gazebo? Doesn't matter; we'll build one. Right in the band gazebo, that's where the President is going to drape his arm around the shoulder of some assistant D.A. we like. And you should have your camera with you, you should get a picture of that, 'cause that's gonna be the moment you're finished in Democratic politics. President Bartlet's a good man, he's got a good heart, he doesn't hold a grudge. That's what he pays me for."

HAHAHAHAHA

A reporter at the end of tonight's L&O to Jack McCoy:

"Is it true that you're joining the Obama administration?"

Dude, the guy on Connecticut this afternoon was right. The entire universe is transitioning.

(you know someone scurried that into post-production today)