I am an independent who voted for McCain and also Bush. That said...
Watching the speech today and the 2 million people packed into The Mall, I realized that for good or bad, Obama is what the country needs in the presidency right now. I think after Bush's 8 years of doing what he felt was right and not defending his decisions or communicating with the American people, Americans are starved for a communicator in the White House.
The country is down, and needs a comforting voice, someone to tell them everything will be ok. The country needs hope, something they can latch onto. Bush just went ahead and did what he had to do regardless of what the public thought of him (which I admired) which destroyed morale like it would in any office with a boss like that, not to mention the media making every effort to ruin him. Americans also need a good story, which Obama certainly is, anybody that didn't feel proud to be an American today with the whole process and the historic moment (even if you don't agree with Obama) has real issues.
I'm willing to give Obama a chance, I think every President deserves at least that. Besides, in these times do you really want him to fail? Country First.