All I can say is now we will find out if the Republican strategy is indeed good for the country. My prediction is that crime will be up, more people will be starving in the streets, funding for the arts will be out the window, National Public Broadcasting will be gone, racial profiling will be the rule, and the concentration camp system will expand beyond Guantanamo.

The political right no longer has anyone to blame if the whole mess goes flooey. It's all in their lap now.

And that's the only silver lining I can find in this cloud. It must be time to move overseas.