Or that I'm even anyone who should be writing about politics. (Disclaimer: My political views are probably best described as liberterian.)

Today is an historic inauguration. Well, I suppose they are all historic, but to me this election has shown how far the country has come. Don't get me wrong, we still have a long way to go with regards to racial and gender equality, but we have made great strides in the last 40 years.

I'm excited that Obama will be our President; I know there are many people that feel he's going to screw up the country, but in my opinion the Bush administration accomplished that very well.

I am also concerned. There seems to be this pervasive optimisim that everything will be fixed right away. It won't; it will take time. Obama will screw up and, if he's like most politicians, he will defer blame. He'll do things I don't agree with. I expect this, and I'm OK with it.

Quite frankly, I would have voted for McCain if he had been the McCain of 2000. (And had also not chosen Palin as his running mate, but that's a whole other story.) I would have voted for the McCain who gave his concession speech. I could not vote for the McCain who ran the campaign he did, the McCain that wouldn't admit that the outgoing administration had made serious mistakes. The McCain who took too long to admit that there is an economic crisis in this country.

I think Obama will be a good president because I think he's picked a strong group of advisors and I believe he'll listen to them. I also think he can't live up to the hype surrounding him. I don't think anyone could.

(I welcome differing opinions, as long as they are respectful- feel free to post those. "Obama supporters are stupid and don't know what they are doing," is neither a respectful nor constructive statement. Also, I've already heard it.)