W is for Wrong

Gloriously, magnificently wrong was I and I couldn't be happier about it. This is the first time we've had something to celebrate in politics since 1996. (I bet $10 on Bush in 2004 in a misguided attempt to jinx him). Not just the House, but the Senate too; George Allen is a dead man walking whether he realizes it or not. Think what this means:

- no more Rick Santorum
- no more Richard Pombo and his badly masked attacks on the Endangered Species Act
- no more Speaker Denny Hastert
- no more Genius Karl Rove
- no more Donald Rumsfeld

The Democrats have even learned the lesson of 2000 in Virginia: they've declared Victory and planned the transition. Never mind the failings and shortcomings of the Democrats, which are legion. Even if we get nothing but two years of gridlock and delay, that's far better than the aggressively stupid and vicious attacks on a century of needed social reform that we've weathered over the last six years. All Hail Victory!