Hillary Clinton looked really happy too, flanked by the clapper-in-chief. Not that the victory was in any doubt for the junior senator from New York, but the "re-recentering" of the democratic party can only benefit her ambitions. Her praise for all and call for cooperation between republicans, independents and democrats left little doubt about her hopes... nor did the rush by Harry Reid, still at that hour minority leader of the Senate, to endorse her comments. They were definitely more tactful than his own, when he congratulated the electorate, saying he was "proud" of the American public "listening to what we said".