A New Beginning?

Let's hope that the gracious speeches by both John McCain and George W. Bush congratulating Barack Obama on being elected mark the end of the raucous partisan feuding that has so consumed Washington since the 1990s.

Certainly, the challenges we face with the economy merit a bipartisan approach. Let's hope that the speeches mark a new beginning. As Obama said many times during the campaign, we can disagree while respecting each other.