All jokes aside, I think few people can really articulate how powerful this moment is and what it means for a country beleaguered with economic, foreign policy, and morale woes such as ours. I am not one of those people, so I won't even try. I'll just encourage everyone to savor the afterglow, but not forget the propositions and measures we also voted for (and against) yesterday.

Currently, news outlets are reporting a lead [2] for Proposition 8 which would ban same-sex marriages in the state of California. While a lot of Americans are feeling that the nation is making progress after the Obama win last night, this morning many Californians are dreading the possibility of a civil rights regression.

Votes are still being tallied, and my obsessive refreshing of news sites is giving me anxiety as I await the official results. I would hate to see this monumental election year marred by the passing of a discriminatory law.