[NormsRevenge]

Cuba's acting President Raul Castro holds his vote before casting it, to elect the president of Cuba's National Assembly in Havana, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008. Incumbent Ricardo Alarcon is the only candidate. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco,Prensa Latina)

[Vince Ferrer]

So what is Cuba now, a parlamentary monarchy?

[John123]

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

[Erik Latranyi]

Over 20 years ago, my business spanish professor (who esacped from Cuba), predicted Raul would take over for his brother.

[fweingart]

At last! Things will be different now!

(Why in hell did we put up with this abortion of a nation 90 miles off our coast for 50 years?)

[mtbopfuyn]

Wanna bet Fidel really will be on his death bed in a few days?

[Shadow44]

Can we overthrow Cuba now? It would be nice to see the media to talk about success for us overseas, since they censor it in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[samiam1972]

I’m shocked. SHOCKED, I tell ya!

[rockabyebaby]

I’m SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell ya.......

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Finally, a freeper has posted a thread on this.

ping for future.

What are the odds that Cubans will uprise based on charismatic Fidel being replaced by his uncharismatic brother? Or, as suspect, are they so beaten that they'll take the brother so long as things do not get extraordinarily (for them) oppressive?

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Dictators in Cuba come from the same gene pool.

[Argus]

I’m concerned. This kid brother of Fidel’s is a mere stripling, a virtual Latin Obama. He’s an impetuous youth, capable of any frivolity. Hold onto your hats folks - junior’s taking the wheel.

[Waco]

A lot of the retirement boom of the 60’s would have gone to Cuba if it had been free. Fla. benefited greatly from Cuba going Commie. Almost as if it was planned that way?

[MinuteGal]

Will someone in Cuba hold a "Steal the Humidors Ball" after Fidel leaves the White House.....oops, the Presidential Palacio?

If so, I wanna go.

Leni

[Digital Sniper]

The vote came five days after Fidel said he was retiring, capping a career in which he frustrated efforts by 10 eight U.S. presidents to oust him.

There. Fixed it. (You can't tell me that Carter or Clinton did squat to get Castro ousted.)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

AP: Raul Castro’s first act as the new Cuban president was to endorse Obama.

[RichInOC]

I’m looking forward to Fidel meeting Gulbuth the Rampant very soon...and Raul meeting Gulbuth very soon after that.

[NormsRevenge]

Time to get Cuba out of the 50s? we'll see.

A taxi driver picks up passengers in his classic antique car in Havana, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Cuba's communist government controls well over 90 percent of the island's economy, but acting President Raul Castro has raised expectations for tiny pockets of private initiative. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

[G8 Diplomat]

The Castro dynasty in Cuba, the Bhutto dynasty in Pakistan, the Saud dynasty in Saudi Arabia, and the Bush, Clinton, and Kennedy dynasties in the US...

[toddlintown]

Wow! I never saw that coming.