Thank you, Janet. You retain your crown of Bitterness Queen. Rig is unchallenged as Mr. Sour Cynic. So I suppose the presidency of the Sour Cynics Club must rotate between you two.

I'll clue you--there's a lot more to new Obama voters and new Obama supporters than just getting rid of Bush and avoiding his supposed 3rd term--McCain. Obama's post-racial, post- partisan approach has struck a deep chord. Not that you can imagine it, of course, but there are huge numbers of people ready to end the vicious partisan battles which have resulted in gridlock for so long--and actually get something done on issues which have been festering for a long time. That's what he promises--and with a Congress and Senate feeling the same way, it can happen.

Naive?   The alternative is more of what we've had at least since 1980, if not before. No thanks.

I suppose the main question now is: what has life done to you that you feel such bottomless bile?