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The last 8 years have been tough on the Budweiser boys…

I’m sure you’re tired of reading about Obama’s win and US election politics but whilst scanning the blogs I came across two interesting comments from readers on Matthew Price’s election blog for the BBC:

1. “Interesting to look at the political map of who won which states. A centre with two coastlines… as others have said, an inward looking and an outward looking country.”

2. “As an Englishman looking at the Election results on the Map of America, the divisions look like the Confederate war, who knows ‘The south may rise again’”…

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A momentous night for American politics and one that many believe confirms Martin Luther King’s dream and proves America has changed for good in the 21st century.

According to CNN, Obama wins with a 5% majority of the popular vote but through the Electoral College system picks up Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia and Florida with 3 states still to go.

Some of those sensitive ballot measures have also yet to be decided but it will certainly be interesting to watch the impact on the world of America’s decision to look for change in the coming years.

The BBC goes to a Wyoming rodeo and finds no love for the Democrats….

The cowboy is ingrained in the DNA of Wyoming… From the flat plains in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west, the essence of the cowboy - individual, traditional and patriotic - defines the state and hence its politics.

In at number one this week: Abraham Lincoln for “the coolest-sounding presidential name of all time”.

Jokes aside, it’s a very good intro from the Times to US political history for those watching the Obama / McCain fight from the wings.

Peter Brookes’ regular Nature Notes cartoon in The Times today compares the Arizona Senator to a ‘fast disappearing species’:

Buy a great collection of Nature Notes cartoons on Amazon.co.uk