Barackolypse Now: The End of the World as We've Come to Know It.

Change has been delivered.

Two years. A hard-fought primary. An historic post-convention push for the White House from the campaigns of Senators Barack Obama and John McCain. Countless gaffes. A few deal-breaking blunders. The first black President-elect in the history of the United States. History has been made.

John McCain and Sarah Palin stepped out onto the stage in Arizona to deliver a somber, touching concession speech. Watching, one could almost see the specter of "presidential candidate John McCain" exorcised from the honorable body of the John McCain many of us remember as a centrist; a true Maverick.

A John McCain who silences a crowd of bitter supporters when they boo the historic success of Barack Obama. A John McCain who promises to work hard for the man who just capped off a perfectly orchestrated landslide victory for the White House. A John McCain without the look of desperation, and without the angry rhetoric inherent in a campaign gasping for air.

A John McCain who might have won the White House, had he campaigned.

Barack Obama walked onto the stage, stood in front of a million supporters, black, white, gay, straight, male, female, young and old. Exit polls, as well as the waiting crowd, point to a united electorate, spanning all divides, eager for the change that has been promised.

That promise has been kept: Change has been delivered.

It's impossible to know the scope of what's just happened, but you could see it in the eyes of black supporters, you could hear it in their cries of joy, their inability to articulate their thoughts, often -- their inability to speak at all.

In one night, America stood up to reject racism. We've cast aside our differences. Yes, there are still challenges that we must overcome, and racism and bigotry still exists -- may always exist -- but for one night, we've proven that we're better than our past. The world is watching, and change has been delivered.

There are those, no doubt, who will begrudge this moment, this victory. Those who repeated the lies and the misrepresentations with glee, the disingenuous doomsayers who would have America live and vote in fear, yet again. Barring a mass-migration to Canada, one suspects we've not heard the last of this contingent.

America threw that fear back at those who peddled it, and change has been delivered.

In January, despite the exaggerated claims, despite the negativity, the White House will be occupied by an inspiring new President, his beautiful wife and daughters, and their new puppy -- the spoils of two years of hard work and time away from home.

If there's any humor, any gentle poke at those who absurdly cried "socialist!" right up to the finish line:

The puppies name?

Karl Barx.

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