Poll: Americans Proud to Elect Obama

clipped from politicalwire.com A new USA Today/Gallup survey asked how people felt about Barack Obama's election as president: 67% said proud, 67% said optimistic, and 59% said excited. On the other side, 30% said pessimistic and 27% said afraid.

This is interesting, since Obama only won 52% of the popular vote. A significant percentage of McCain voters are proud, optimistic, and excited.

I suppose the 30% pessimistic isn't much of a surprise, but 27% afraid? Geez, people, get a grip. Bush couldn't manage to actually bring about the end of the world -- and he has a talent for that kind of work. I doubt Obama will manage to do it.