Barack Obama is the next President of the United States of America

In a sweeping early victory, Democratic candidate Barack Obama has earned the electoral votes necessary to win the Presidency of the United States of America.

Congratulations, people. This is beyond historic.

CNN is also stating that the Dems have taken control of the New York State senate (for the first time in 34 years), giving Democrats control of the governor's mansion for the first time in over 60 years (and given Governor David Paterson's progressive views on same-sex marriage, this is incredibly good news for gays in NY).

Here in my neighborhood there are literally people dancing in the streets, I'm not kidding.

In more sobering news, we still do not have word on Proposition 8 in California, but we will update in the morning. For more information on other important votes, check out coverage at our news sister site, 365Gay.