Reactions on Tues

Short blogging.
Yesterday was day of travel, mostly got to skip all the post mortoms of the election, till I got today's papers (hardcopy- see below)

Slow slow dial up
Got here (Fla) and landline was down. But fixed.
Established wifi for the week. Also looking to set up DSL for the complex (condo's) then wifi the whole place. We'll see.

Some analysis:
Austin Bay Blog : Rumsfeld resigns– with analysis

Rummy was geared up to transform the Pentagon, not fight a war. Ready to fight Congress and entrenched interests, not terrorists...

and :
Austin Bay Blog : Tet 2006

Challenge to the Dems is to do something about Iraq.

Then there was this, wouldn't have seen it except for picking up hardcopy (I tend to not look at Journal's OpEd page.

Dick Armey
End of the Revolution - WSJ.com:
"How did we get here? The war in Iraq and historical voting patterns that favor the opposition party in off-year elections are factors suggested by many post-election pundits. Certainly, the mounting problems in Iraq were on voters' minds, but responsibility for the conduct of the war lies with the executive branch, and President Bush was not on the ballot.

That said, this was a national election, driven by national issues. One big issue in exit polls suggests widespread voter backlash against the 'culture of corruption.' There is something to this, I think. Over time, too many Republicans in the governing majority forgot or abandoned their national vision, letting parochial interests dominate the decision-making process."

In short, the Republicans got what they deserved - a kick in the butt for falling into the Washington trap of greed.