US mid-terms

mood: deflated.
state i'm in: finished "embracing the trash" for the night.
tune: gabrielle "sunshine".

can i say that i am pretty darn happy with the results of the midterm elections in the US this week. despite the fact that the democrats are pissweak, it's just great to see the republicans cop a "thumpin'" across both houses. i suspected the house of representatives would go to the dems, but didn't expect the senate too also.

clearly george w bush has failed in iraq - further to this is the resignation of donald rumsfield, bush's man in the pentagon. i have to wonder now that US policy toward iraq is in tatters, where my little country stands. we have no policy, other than to follow mr bush as a dedicated 'coalition of the willing' member. if the US changes it's policy, will john howard backflip moments later also, as if on commmand? just a reminder of how truly useless our government is.

my favourite little tidbit from the midterms however has to be the outcome in some backwater county in south dakota. democrat marie steichen won the race for county commissioner of jerauld county, SD. only problem is that ms steichen has in fact been dead for two months. for some reason her name remained on the ballot paper, and constituents sure as hell weren't going to vote for some lame duck republican one more time. so, out with the old, in with the dead. congratulations ms steichen.