*speechless*

You could have knocked me over with a feather. I had hoped, dreamed and wished for a blood letting. I must admit, given the turn of events and my luck, I did not imagine such a significant sweep of the House of Representatives.

What I find most interesting about the Mid-Term Election is the fact that the Neo-Cons received a fairly resounding wake up call. "Christian values" are not necessarily embraced by the general public. What I mean by that is not all Americans want the Bible and Christianity playing a role in public policy. The gay marriage ban in Arizona failed. The abortion ban in South Dakota failed. Stem cell research in Missouri passed. With all the flap doodle going on, these issues were fairly high on my list of third rail pets.

It is refreshing and comforting to see the body electorate speak out about the War in Iraq. Very rarely do we see the, "all politics is local" theory fail. It did.

Today...we can celebrate, self-congratulate and bask in the glory of people waking up out of the nightmare that has been the Bush Administration's bastardization of this country. Tomorrow...we have to unphuck the goat.

Best of all. Most surprising of all, however, is the resignation of McNamara, Jr...Donald Rumsfeld.

Yesterday, there was a thread on The Local about superstitions. Someone said it was bad luck to leave your keys on your desk. I had never heard that before and always keep my keys on my desk next to my cigarettes, coffee cup and cell phone. On a whim, I picked up my keys and put them in my purse which is stashed somewhere super-duper top secret. Given the luck it brought us, I'm keeping them there from now on.