Okay, I'm about to call the election for Chimpy, or at very best, 269-269, which is the same thing, since the Thug House of Reps will invariably reappoint Bush to a second term as our resident. But as much as we all fought for this one, as much as we would have rather seen John Kerry in the White House, it may be poetic justice that Bush is in for a second term.
The country is in a mess. We have horrendous deficits. Pretty soon, nobody is going to want our Treasury bills. Dumbya has drained every last cent out of our economy for his rich friends. With a Thug Congress, Kerry would have been a lame duck from day one. I'm not sure what Kerry could have done to save the situation, since he would have been relatively powerless.
On whose watch would you rather see the country driven into ruination? Because of the mess he inherited, Kerry might well have ended up as a one-term president. The country is headed down the tubes. The people will be begging for Hillary Rodham Clinton to lead them out of this mess in 2008.
If I'm wrong, so much the better...but the numbers just don't add up without challenges and court fights in Ohio. Turley from GW is predicting just this. We'll have to see how it ends up. But realize: a Chimpy victory may in the long run be better off for the Democratic Party than it is for the Rethugs.