Bacon defeated Fries last night in Colorado's 14th senate district. And that is how it should be.

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Every day I check Viral Video Chart to see what you might be interested in seeing. Today, the day we looked forward to having some apolitical material, there are 19 political videos in the top 20. This is the lone exception, and it seems to be right up our alley.

Luckily, President-elect Obama is too sensitive about his own ears to pull a dumb stunt like LBJ here.

Yeah, yeah, first African-American President, new era for our country, coming together to live up to the promise of our greatness, yada yada yada.

But amid all the post-electoral hoopla sweeping the nation, the mainstream media seems to be ignoring one of the biggest questions on America's mind: What kind of puppy should the Obamas get?

In his victory speech, Mr. Obama said to his two young daughters, "I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House," but declined to specify the breed that would soon be given the mantle of First Dog.

This will have to be an extraordinary canine indeed, one that must learn not only how to poop on newspaper and not lick its crotch when foreign heads of state are around, but also learn a professional trade in keeping with previous First Dogs, such as published author (Millie, George H.W. Bush's Springer Spaniel), mixed martial arts fighting champ (Buddy, Bill Clinton's Chocolate Labrador Retriever), or literacy adviser (Miss Beazley, George W. Bush's Scottish Terrier.)

I learned some sad news today.

One of my favorite authors, Michael Crichton, has died. He lost a battle with cancer at age 66.

He was a great writer, director, producer and creator. But most of all he wrote some really great novels.

In his honor, here's my Top 10 Michael Crichton books.

This year they came out in force to support their candidate.

I'm not talking about the youth vote or the minority vote.
I'm talking about the breast vote.

They didn't hide their support.
In many cases they let it all hang out for Obama Biden.

Last night's Obama/Biden victory as you'll see, follows a similar path to victory that all the winners (at least of the past 4 elections) have followed. Win in states you're not supposed to win or that are toss ups. Get out your base and turn out a whole new class of voters.

Barack did it. W Bush did it twice. So did Clinton.

Looking at the maps, after the jump, really makes you realize how much effort has to go into pulling it off.

Is Obama president?

Palin as President has been updated.

The World's View of Obama's Win.

No more campaign ads! But it's going to take some time to come down from this high.

The scene last night at Grant Park in Chicago.

Times Square, New York.

Union Square, San Francisco.

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.

Seattle.

Minneapolis.

Austin.

And in Atlanta.

Around the world: Paris, France. Beijing, China. London, England. And Kisumu, Kenya.

And from the grave.

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