Calm down, everyone.

Well, it happened. Barack will be president. But it's not going to be as bad as everyone thinks (don't mistake my meaning--it will be bad). Here are a few reasons why:

1) Barack is much more concerned with being famous than he is with actually getting anything done. This is evidenced by the grand shows he adores putting on, combined with the fact that no one is exactly sure of his policy other than "hope and change." Not only that, but look at his record--the man's written two autobiographies, but zero successful Senate bills. General democratic policies will go into place, sure, but while he may lean socialist, his priorities are not getting things done. His priority is advancing the messiah myth he's propagated of himself and getting hang time with Oprah. He'll probably spend more time writing another book than he will implementing any change.

2) Hope and change is empty rhetoric, and that's all he really wants to accomplish. Look at the semantics of "hope" and "change," the two things Barack wants to bring to the White House. Hope is merely an emotion, a wish and a prayer that things will get better. Hope is not an actual result. Likewise, change isn't a real goal either. It would be inconceivable for there to NOT be change when a democrat (any democrat) takes over for W. However, neither of these implies radical new policies.

3) Hillary Clinton is about to become Republicans' best friend. If you think for a second that Hillary is going to let Barack get anything done during his term, you are sorely mistaken. Hillary wants the presidency so badly she can taste it. She all but campaigned against Barack during the election. She is going to do everything in her power to make sure he comes off as weak and ineffectual in an attempt to secure her party's nomination in 2016, if not 2012. With Hillary still in the Senate, the democratic majority is almost irrelevant to Barack because Hillary weilds so much power among Senate democrats.