Shit

Well, according to CNN, Kerry conceded the election to Bush, so I guess that means it's over for now. The people have spoken, and approximately 51% of the people feel that unjustified wars, record deficits and increasing numbers of abortions are OK as long as the President feels he's doing God's work.

I'll leave you with two opinions, neither of which I wrote. Matthew Yglesias warns,

I would caution anyone against deluding themselves into believing that a second Bush term won't be so bad. With a majority of the popular vote and expanded margins in the House and Senate, we're going to see Bush Unleashed -- something that will probably be much crazier than what we've seen over the past four years.

Kevin Drum thinks that the next four years will be one scandal after another.

Don't believe me? Consider the highlight reel of reelected presidents over the past 50 years. Ike won a second term and watched in dismay as his chief of staff was forced to resign over a vicuña coat. Richard Nixon buried George McGovern in 1972 and then resigned a year and a half later when Watergate finally caught up to him. Ronald Reagan sweated out his second term wondering if he'd be impeached over Iran-Contra. Bill Clinton didn't have to wonder: Two years after his reelection, he was defending himself in the first impeachment trial in over a century.

Of course, if any scandals, terrorist attacks, or economic recessions occur in the next four years, Bush and his Republican Congress will have no one to blame but themselves. This "just desserts" possibility is about the only ray of sunshine in this whole election.