Polite Conversation: Politics take center stage as dealmakers and investors ponder what "change" will mean for M&A.(Water Cooler)

Byline: Editorial Staff

"This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes We Can.

- President-elect Barack Obama

I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president. And I …