They didn't run on traditional (not necessarily conservative) values as was the focus in 2004 AND they didn't deliver on the campaign promises of 2004. The voters, as they should, held them to account. Unfortunately, the fact the House & Senate are so close to 1:1 margins means very little will happen in the next 2 years, effectively making the president a lame duck with the exception of veto power. This means, 1) the president will get nothing passed & 2) Congress will get nothing passed if the president doesn't want it. Essentially, my worry is we as Americans will get exactly nothing in the next 2 years.
The biggest loss in all of this (no, not Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation) is that John Bolton will likely not get approval as ambassador to the UN. This is simply the worst part of this election. Sure, democrats may have moved into control both houses of Congress but traditional values did win big in referendum (AZ passed English as the state's official language, 4 states passed gay marriage bans). Losing the one ambassador who stands for America in the UN instead of pandering to the ineffectual world body is plain horrible.
So, for at least the next 2 years, I'll be hoping we don't see an increase in taxes or a faltering in support for the War on Terror. I don't count on the former but I absolutely pray we don't see the latter. Relativists & Progressives (normally the same people) seem to believe we're as much to blame - if not more so - for terrorist attacks as the terrorists. If someone thinks it's wrong to have the strongest & probably most benevolent nation God ever gave man, then it shows how out-of-whack their moral compass truly is.
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." - Sir Winston Churchill
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