I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking Runsfeld was an effective Secretary of Defense.

To hear some people say it, Rumsfeld "browbeat" and "intimidated" generals (two terms I heard NPR use). If I were a general today, I would find that kind of belief insulting. To believe that somebody can rise through the ranks to become a general without learning how to deal with tough bosses is simply ridiculous. The Department of Defense has never been known for its touch-feely management style. These same "cowering" generals are the people we rely on to keep the barbarians such as Al Qaeda from killing us. I would hope that they have tough skins. If not, they need another job, soon.

All day I've been thinking "yeah, the Democrats won, but now they have to show their cards and explain why they still don't have any ideas." Looks like I'm wrong again. Dick Morris, who knows Hillary well enough that he's doing everything he can to keep her from becoming President, has suggested that the Democrats won't bother passing many laws for the next two years; instead they will simply launch Congressional investigations. The helps position them for 2008.

The Republicans can try to counter this by running somebody who does well under scrutiny (my favorite would be Giuliani), but that's not the best answer. I don't know what the best answer is.

Politics will be getting more interesting soon.

I've got to own up. Yesterday's election results really surprised me. It looks like Democratic voters finally found the time to go to the polls.

There are two nice things about last night for us conservatives: (1) when people talk about the culture of corruption in 2008, they won't be talking about the Republicans, and (2) Denny Hastert will no longer be Speaker.

Additionally, just before the election a large majority of voters said they still believed Reagan was right: government is not the solution to the problem, government is the problem. Here's hoping that the GOP gets the mesage.