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...when The Fiancé leaned over and said "I love you," when President-elect Barack Obama called Michelle "my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life" during his emotional speech before an estimated crowd of 240,000 people in our home town.

You see, The Fiancé and I are on different sides of the political fence, most of the time. This added a complexity to last night that made the results somewhat bittersweet. But, believe it or not, our political differences do not mean our values are fundamentally at odds with each other. It is our shared values that brought us to where we are. My hope today? That more people appreciate how much we really have in common, on this, The Day After.

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