The cold grey light of dawn:
How long before Patrick, the outsider, is an insider? Only he can draw a firm, unwavering line and prove Republican Kerry Healey wrong about the dangers of one-party rule. Only he can stand up to the Legislature and the special interests who backed him.
It won't be easy. I look at it like the beginning of a Red Sox season: plenty of potential, either way. And there's always hope and excitement in the Spring.