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Tourists look at a sand sculpture of U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama Nov. 2, 2008 at Puri beach, off the Bay of Bengal, near Bhubaneswar in eastern India. (BISWARANJAN ROUT/AP)

MEMORANDUM:
TO: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
FROM: THE WORLD

We know you are not quite there yet. Whatever. The rest of the planet now has concluded you will be. Your honeymoon suite awaits with a euphoria that spans the globe.

A word of warning, however, before you snuggle in for that first group hug. There are bedbugs. And they bite.

A year of rising expectations is about to fall on your shoulders, with a thundering weight many now predict will buckle you.