Doug, I didn't tune in to Rush, but I did hear a lot of gloating from Michael Medved and Sean Hannity and a couple other far-right talking (swelled) heads on
Wednesday. To hear them tell it, this is a real mandate for Bush as a person and all of his policies, PLUS it proves what nincompoops and misguided fools the
Democrats, populists, liberals, etc. be.   

Seems like some folks when they win conveniently choose to ignore the 40 to 49.9% (sometimes more) of the voters who voted for their opponents.

BTW, Doug, what gives you the idea that Nicole was "guessing" about the amount of oil in Alaska?   I have heard figures like the ones she cited from very
knowledgeable scientific sources.   If the corporate-bought "experts" of the Bush admin. disagree with the "experts" cited by environmentalists, why do you
assume the former are right?

Nicole, you stated the facts and the relevant arguments very well.

Kat, you go, girl!

Genie