Jesus, we actually fucking did it.
We're kicking the Giant Orange Baby out of the White House.
This is an historic victory, for so many reasons.
First Black woman elected VP.
First South Asian VP.
First woman VP, period.
A record 74 million votes and counting for the winning candidate. In the midst of a global pandemic. And while the incumbent spent months casting doubt on the entire election process.
Biden's also the most experienced President-elect we've had in a long time.
Obama was a one-term senator. Bush II had been a state governor, but hadn't served in the federal government at all. Same for Clinton.
And we all know Trump hadn't worked in government at all, not even at the level of parking attendant.
You have to go all the way back to George H.W. Bush to find a President with anything like Biden's experience. Bush I had been VP to Reagan for eight years, and before that he'd been a Congressional Representative, the US' Ambassador to the UN, and CIA Director.
It's a good precedent. Bush I was a steady hand at the wheel, avoiding the quagmire in Iraq that his son would jump into feet-first, and navigating the end of the Cold War with grace.
But maybe a better parallel for Biden is even further back, nearly sixty years back, with LBJ.
Like Biden, LBJ served for decades in the US Senate before becoming VP to a younger, less experienced, but more charismatic President. And when he took office, he was seen as carrying the burden of finishing what the previous President had started. Just we look to Biden to consolidate and extend Obama's legacy.
Thankfully, LBJ was a master at getting legislation passed, which is how a Texan ended up signing both the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act.
Biden's going to need some of that skill to work with Congress, especially if the Republicans hold onto the Senate and McConnell decides to continue his role as Majority Roadblock.
We can only hope the parallel holds that far. Goodness knows we could use some good luck, here in the States, after four years of being cursed with the worst administration in over a hundred years.
