I'm very happy that Repubs got the prez and senate, for scotus appt reasons re gun rights, but I'm at the same time very frightened of what the all-repub govt is going to bring us- patriot 2, 3, 4, 5? Iraq 2, 3, 4? They've already set the record budget deficit, so they can try to break their record I guess - I'm sure they will. They will continue to let illegals cross the borders in droves undoubtedly ('course, the dems would have too). Ideally, for me, the dems would have grabbed the house and the repubs the prez and senate - gridlock is GOOD! It will be an interesting ride now - hang onto your wallets and your 1st, 4th, 5th, and 7th amendment ideals - hopefully the tradeoff will be that we can secure our RKBA for posterity via the scotus in the next 5-20 years. Although I'm not religious myself, I must thank all of you Christians allies out there with strongly held beliefs for helping us to deliver Bush back in office - you were the difference in this election, it seems.
However, I must chime in briefly, without starting a whole big "thing" on abortion, that to many dems and other independents who are generally "pro-choice", it is very important to take heart by noting that, with respect to roe v wade, etc. : contrary to what many believe and the media usually reports, if shrub appts end up reversing roe v. wade via appts, it is NOT, NOT, the "end of the world" - this is because that there simply has been an alleged constitutional right to abortion (which there's NOT - roe v wade is BAD law) - so *IF* roe v wade is overruled, this ONLY means that the STATES can then decide whether or not abortions is legal, and to what extent - that's where the power should be anyway - at the STATE level. So there's STILL going to be a democratic process to which any abortions bans, to be successful, must be subjected, and that is in the state legislatures. So a reversal of roe v wade, et al, is not only not the end of the world, but it's the correct legal ruling (if you read your constitution, there's no mention of abortion, nor a right to contraceptives for that matter). So, without getting into the whole debate of whether abortion is right/wrong, or should be legal/illegal, it's important to correct the general misunderstanding of the public that "roe v wade reversal=abortions are banned" - not so at all! It just means the states can then decide on a state-by-state basis, always subject to turnover and new values in the state legislatures.
