While recent polls show the current transition of Presidential administrations is not one a majority Americans are thrilled with, it gives us an opportunity to be grateful for what our democracy provides for us each day.
Respecting voters may seem like a novel concept, but I still believe in a peaceful transition of power between administrations.
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been measured in their language, in keeping with the traditions of the post-election period of transition between administrations.
This is a time of transition between administrations, after all.
There's virtue in the familiarity and trust this engenders, but the experience of previous mayors suggests that not every campaigner can easily make the transition to administration.
The fact they were forced to perform to tape because of the weather did not seem relevant, nor would we want to draw attention away from what we believed the news is, that we were having a peaceful transition of power from one administration to the next".
During the latest in a series of BBC Scotland webcast interviews ahead of the 2014 independence referendum, Mr Davison, director and owner of the actuarial firm Spence & Partners, said the challenge would be the transition of schemes from one administration to another, in the event of a "Yes" vote.
"We cannot jeopardize an orderly transition of power to the next administration, nor need we do so," Mr. Gore said.
We cannot jeopardize an orderly transition of power to the next administration, nor need we do so.
In a more recent development, Trump's selection of agribusiness lobbyist Michael Torrey, who is reportedly heading the administration's transition of the Department of Agriculture, has also raised eyebrows.
