I voted

And I couldn't be happier. Finally the country has realized that letting any person or party have absolute power is dumb, because being able to do whatever you want without impunity always leads to bad things. The "value voters" have realized that no one party has a legitimate or singular claim to morals. People realized that making a living wage is better for business. When people make more, they spend more. They have realized that they want a health care plan that doesn't pander to big pharmesutical companies. They have realized that they like clean air and a pleasant landscape, and that they don't really want Florida or Manhattan or London under water. They don't want their civil liberties trampled on any more. And finally, they have realized that they want peace in Iraq with a viable exit strategy, and that they want to know what that is.
I have to give Bush a teeny bit of credit for realizing this as well. At the press conference yesterday, in addition to seeming pretty peeved, more at the party and Rove than anybody else, he seemed pleasantly open to the fact that he was going to have to change how he does things. And starting with replacing Rumsfeld was the best first step we could have hoped for. Maybe now some civility will return to Capital Hill. Maybe now the politicians will return to the center, where all of their constituents are. Maybe now the arrogant posturing will leave one side, and some confidence will enter the other. I doubt it, but maybe. It will be really interesting to see how '08 goes, because you know that shit's gonna start really soon.
Yay for change!!