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'Doonesbury' Strip Predicts Obama Win on Tuesday

 
"Doonesbury" creator Garry Trudeau has handed in a series of comic strips for next week's newspapers that show his characters reacting to a Barack Obama win -- he offered no such option for a John McCain win.  (link)

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