I can't speak from inside the Obama tent. Barack Obama was always acceptable to me, but he was probably my ninth choice. Joe Biden ranked higher in my calculations...somewhere behind number one, a certain Southern-bred Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Don't get me wrong. I'm happy that Sen. Obama, er, President-elect Obama is planning his transition. I want to see Michelle and the girls take over the White House.

Our new President is clearly capable of leading, of inspiring, of motivating his followers.

Here I make my case that his followers should include all of America. My point is not to lecture, not to say you "ought" to give him your allegiance as a gesture of respect for our political process. Because I don't think it's necessary for anyone to lay aside his or her beliefs, shake hands, and say "wait 'til next-next-next-next year."

Obama will govern from the center. Aside from his personal biography, there's little that is radical about him. That's why he won. That's why your neighbors, whom you thought you knew, voted for him. That's why that fellow in the pew in front of you voted for him. The fellow at the end of the bar? The one you thought you knew? He voted for Obama, too. There's nothing radical about Obama now, and as President there will be even less that is radical.

The Obama presidency will indeed be transformational. Perhaps it will be as much a transformation as dramatic as from horse-drawn buggy to internal combustion engine. Maybe even as much as from abacus to transistor to microchip.

But it won't be radical. Don't just accept him - embrace him. And think for yourself. Don't let people who don't have your best interest in mind tell you what you "ought" to think.

In fact...

No, wait. Let the OSticats explain it for me.