The Election

Whatever the Democrats say or whatever Karl Rove says, this election was not validation for Democrats nor a slap on the wrist for the GOP. It was a "throw the bums out!" election and the only partisans who could take a real benefit from last Tuesday is a nascent independent third party. America's flirted with such efforts before, but the mood is ripe. America has seen politicians in both parties and at all levels of government exhibit both corruption and incompetence. Katrina -- not Iraq -- was the eye-opening event.

The election also showed the term "conservative" is no longer meaningful. I don't know what conservative means nowadays, and neither does Bush or Rove, at least until they take the next poll.

However, we just elected a lot more Democrats who are closer to the political center than the left, while the House leadership is far left...which means some old fashioned intra-party dog fighting the Dems are famous for.

With a morally bankrupt GOP and a raucous Democratic caucus , Americans may not regain much confidence in either party between now and 08.

It's time for another Ross Perot, without the looney tunes.