Remember a few weeks ago how ex-Survivor contestant and BC softball captain Elisabeth Hasselbeck couldn’t shut up about Barack Obama’s purported “radical connections” on The View? Or remember that time she said she’d bet her blond highlights that America would never choose Obama for president with knowledge of his associations? Well now Hasselbeck is pulling such a fast 180, her blond highlights are in danger of being ripped from her head through sheer centripetal force.

Just nine days after introducing Sarah Palin at a McCain-Palin rally, Elisabeth Hasselbeck nearly made America’s collective grey mass explode with confusion yesterday on The View with her gushing as she gushed over President-Elect Barack Obama. She glowingly said:

"Today is a victory for this country: to have Barack Obama be our president, the first black president, the first black first lady. To have the amount of voters -- 14 million more voters in this election than the last -- present themselves and vote in this election. Today is victory… In seeing the amount of people that were able to gather with enthusiasm, ignited and ready to move this country in a fresh direction under Barack Obama, I think he has a gift. And I think with everyone’s support and prayers, he has the ability to really move us in a new place."

Wow. If Columbia grad Barack Obama is smart enough to figure out a way to get Elisabeth Hasselbeck behind him, the man really can inspire change we can believe in.