As I prognosticated back in March (along with a million other precient bloggers, I'm sure), the republican party suffered a severe drubbing in the midterm elections. It looks like the candidates didn't distance themselves enough from Bush, and although I'm a lot closer to being a republican than a democrat, I think they got what they deserved and what the country needed. With luck, the Bush administration will be brought into check enough that republicans will have a chance in 2008, and that the party will see the wisdom of treating the people with a little more respect.

I just wish this all could have happened without Nancy Pelosi becoming speaker of the house.  My wife says that Pelosi pledged today to work with the Bush administration to make sure things done (something like that anyway).  I'll believe it when I see it.  Still, if her idea of a spirit of bi-partisan cooperation is anything like what Bush meant when he campaigned as a uniter in the 2000 election, Bush will be getting exactly what he deserves.

Ah well, there's always 2008.