Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard:

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy:

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso:

Some other ordinary Twitter users made note of the new protocol:

And Obama is undoubtedly on board with the Twitter approach–he himself tweeted thanks to supporters once the projections made clear re-election was assured.

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