Because, like it or not, America has too much influence in the world.

I quite enjoyed this election. I stayed up until 4am, got three and a half hours of sleep, and then another two in my lecture, but it was worth it. It was interesting to see how the votes came in - McCain got a few, then a few more, Obama had three, which shot up to 70 something, and just kept rising. A one horse race. At 4am my time the last polls closed, and I was amazed to see his votes jump by nearly 100. Yeah, they were all Obama states anyway, but it still came as an amazement.

Sucks to be a Republican.