I'm going to write more about this amazing election in the days to come, but let me just say that this was a watershed election in so many ways and a breath of fresh air for people around the world who beleive in honest government and the rule of law. I'm still still stunned at the results. It's everything I could have hoped for an more.

One of my greatest concerns about the Bush administistation, and there are so many, was their ability to leave a legacy lasting far beyond the damage they inflicted on America, the world and the Constitution in their 8 long years in office, by nominating and confirming ideologue judges to the federal bench and the Supreme Court. They've already been able to foist Roberts and Alito on us for what will likely be 30 years of decisons made with the interests of corporations and not the American people in mind. In the next two years, Bush will have many more opportunities to appoint judges to the highest courts in the country and with Justice Stevens just this side of 90, might have the chance to replace another supreme in his final two years. Justice Stevens might yet retire or tragically pass away, but with the Democrats in control of the Senate and Pat Leahy the chairman of the Judciary Committee instead of Arlen Spector, it's a whole different story. We won't see another Alito or Roberts. It vwill have to be someone everyone can accept or the nomination won't see the floor of the Senate. It's the sort of thing that can make an athiest thank god for.