Despite the best efforts of "Joe the Plumber," Sen. Barack Obama will be our next president–a fact that says a lot about this country, and all for the good, says NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman, who puts the historic election result into context in his blog today at www.property-casualty.com.

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