Well there it is, the USA has a new President, beginning next January.

I am just glad it is all over. Frankly I am sick to death of the coverage the US election gets. It is not as though it will make one iota of difference to us. Many US Presidents have come and gone, both Democrats and Republican and it is all the same to us.

Certainly an important matter for Amwricans but it is a pretty poor show for our media to devote so much time to it.

Just be thankfull it is over for another 4 years. But will have to endure more rubbish for a while yet.

A better world? yes very much so.
But Americas problems will not go away.
More will try to murder this great leader than any other who ever lead America.
May they fail.
Harsh idiotic claims he is the anti Christ or a Muslim plant will flow, some from true bigots in Christian covers.
No instant answers exist to the financial crisis.
Or the Bush made mess that is American foreign policy.
The middle east will not find peace before it finds more war.
But America reminded us today it is still a great country.

Belly, "A better world" You have to be joking!

I did not see any improvement when Kennerdy or Carter or Clinton were there, so what is the big difference with another Democrat.

I bet most Americans will not notice any direction change and it will make no difference to us or the rest of the world.

Take stock, has anything really changed since we changed government?

I'm just thankfull for the mute button on the remote, so it does not have to be listened to. It is a circus, either Democrat or Republican.

Bravo!

America voted for hope
not fear. For a man who was
judged not by the colour of his
skin, but the content of his character.

A man who will unite America, not
divide her. Who will bring people
together, not exclude them.

Yes, indeed, history was made today.

And, change is indeed going to happen under
the leadership of Barack Obama.

God Bless America!

How good is this...

Banjo,

Time to change your strings.

Foxy,

"Hope Springs Eternal" As they say, but I thought you would be much more pragmatic.

Little has changed in America irrespective of whether they had a Republican or a Democratic for President. So I hope you will not be too dissapointed after a year or so.

Hey, we voted for change with Whitlam, then Fraser, then Hawke and then Howard and now Rudd. Twelve months on and nothing has changed and they are almost halfway through their term.

I could not care less about who the Yanks elect for President.

I am far, far more concerned by the fact that two street racers only got minimums of 6 and 5 years after racing in an urban area at 130 k/hr and killing two people, in Sydney. The sentence was today and was almost hidden in all the hoopla about the US election. So much for our media!

I wish all the best for the new American administration and the American people, but will keep it in proportion. For us there are many more important matters.