Election reflection: in which I coin the word “underpunditizing”

One thought this happy night. I think this is (even) bigger than race. The pundits are underpunditizing(tm) this thing when they make that the focus. The impulse to support Obama comes from a massive hunger to stop the madness, to save this country, to tame all those hatreds, to learn the lessons of Bosnia and Serbia and Shiites and Sunnis, to dig deep and steer this raft away from the waterfall. We can hear the waterfall. We can see the spray. Dig deep.
OK, two more thoughts:

(1) Edwards’ non-concession struck me as make-me-wince delusional. “I won! I did!! Also: when I close my eyes I can make myself invisible. You can’t see me! Say, have you heard my stump speech yet? You haven’t? Awesome! Let me give it again then. ‘Stick it to the man!’ Woooo! Hey: I’m taking off my pants right now and you can’t even see!”
(2) Meanwhile, Clinton’s concession was gracious and wonderfully framed as a much (much) more credible “We all won.” She was personable and human and impressive. And then Obama gave his speech and stopped time and I felt kind of bad for Clinton. It’s not her fault that she’s not Obama. Most of us aren’t.