It’s over. President-Elect Obama now gets his place in history, and the opportunity to prove that he is capable of presiding over the greatest democracy in the world. There will be times to criticize his actions, just as there will be times to acknowledge the correctness of other acts. Either way, he is our President, and as such, he deserves, and has earned, the respect that his office carries.

As a commenter at Tigerhawk wrote last night:

Look, I disagree with just about everything Obama stands for. On an
intellectual level. But we should wait until this guy has actually DONE
something to start ripping him. He is our President now. My biggest
disappointment in the W years is how there has been a total erosion of
respect for the office of the president (I blame the left for this
entriely)…let’s work as the right to bring back thoughtful criticism
and critique, while still acknowledging the enormity of what we are a
part of. Some of the people who were kept out of Little Rock got to
pull a lever today.(emphasis mine)

Got it?