As probably the only American on here, I would like to say that I'm just glad G.W. is gone. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Georgie! As governor of my state, he was a mere dumb ass (is the term "dumb ass" allowed on this board?) but as President of the United States he became an egotistical, dangerous doofus.
I don't know if Barak Obama will be the "positive change" everyone around the world wants to see, but I hope he is. Surely to God he will not be an incompetent, egotistical, moronic good ol' boy who couldn't find his own backside without a team of advisors -- one of whom would be holding the flashlight, another one would be holding a map while the rest would be intently discussing how they could best cover it up if he did manage to find it.