Morning Roundup

I'm slowly coming out of my Election Day happy haze and ready to start paying attention to the world again. But, that apparently doesn't apply to my job, as I'm spending some time to put together some notable happenings from the last couple days:

TPM is having some fun with information on the Obama Transition web site, which shows a refreshing respect for the Constitution.

The NY Times reports today that, as Barack said at the time, Georgia may very well have initiated their recent conflict with Russia. Yet another foreign policy area where Barack's approach was correct. Rather than flying off the handle, he calmly looked for details of what went down. He may not make the right decision every time over his presidency, but it will be so nice to have a deliberative commander-in-chief.

In another NY Times foreign affairs story, we learn that not only are Iraqis happy about Obama's election, but they are under less pressure from Iran because the Iranians now feel less threatened. I'm sure that the Iraq mess won't have simple solution, but this shift is another welcome change.

Of course, most Americans are still excited about Obama's win. Ezra Klein has a really touching story and set of photos from a pre-election Obama rally in Manassas, VA. And, Salon has an interesting collection of quotes on the meaning of Obama's win.

The McCain-Palin campaign insiders aren't so happy, though. Wonkette has a delicious run-down of the furious acrimony and brings word that most of the folks trashing Palin are former Romney staffers.

Finally, the comments have been pretty quiet here for the last couple days. I fear this story could explain why.