It's Over

It’s over. We have to live with the result. Been sitting here since last Tuesday night’s blowout in a state of shock, trying to write something – anything about the outcome.

My fiercely liberal in-laws have been sending smug emails regarding the election result, trumpeting the claim that a triumphant Obama will now lead us out of this current economic and political morass into the Promised Land.

I take small comfort in what I told them before the election: This new President and his Congress will be out to make sweeping changes. They will be coming after your wallet in short order. You won’t like the outcome. The difference between us will be that you voted for what's coming, and I, against it.