Politics and other nightmares

Apparently, a lot of people have been so obsessed with politics that they're suffering from post-election blues:

One of President-elect Obama's first acts is something we can all get behind:

Along with picking his Cabinet, finding just the right people for his White House staff and deciding what to do about two wars, President-elect Barack Obama has one other decision to make: which dog to get for daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.

The Indianapolis Star should be more careful with its headlines. Indiana did not turn blue on Tuesday. It voted blue, barely: The story gets it better when it says that Barack Obama "eked out a arrow win":

At least 2.7 million Hoosiers cast ballots, according to a conservative, preliminary calculation by The Associated Press, topping Indiana's previous record of 2.5 million voters set in 2004.

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Those who've visited here over the last three-and-a-half years or who've read our editorial page will not be shocked to hear that I did not vote for Barack Obama. He represents the antithesis of the restrained-government approach I've always sought in candidates. But, come Jan. 20, he will be my president, too. I wish him well, because I wish the country well. If there is to be Obama Derangement Syndrome, I will try (and fail occasionally, probably) not to be a participant.

Hoosiers, as predicted, did a lot of ticket-splitting yesterday. They gave Barack Obama a razor-thin win over John McCain, then re-elected Mitch Daniels by a comfortable margin. Then there was this, in a race the polls said would be a lot closer:

Those of us who fear what a totally Democratic Washington might do must take our small comforts where we can:

Democrats broadened their control of Congress in Tuesday's elections, though in the Senate they fell short of the 60 votes needed for a filibuster-proof majority that would have given them almost unbridled power over legislation.

I knew Robert E. Armstrong. Long before he was mayor, he was my gym teacher in high school. Nice fella.

But you know what? He's DEAD! If you don't believe me, here's the Wikipedia entry on him. All you people who keep voting for Robert A. Armstrong, including the ones who gave him a term on the FWCS board and the ones who just put him on County Council, are MORONS! Please promise not to vote in any more elections, or else I'm going to change my name to Ronald Reagan and run for governor.

Most of posts today will be about the election yesterday, so if you're burned out on politics, maybe you can watch Turner Classic Movies instead.

There was some talk that Sarah Palin might be offered her own talk show. But, really, wouldn't we be more entertained if Joe Biden got one?

Telling voters in this swing state that "change is on the way," the Democratic vice presidential candidate offered one of his now-expected random introductory tangents.

I had thought some of the campaigning so far this year was about as dirty as possible, but this is really beyond the pale:

HELENA - Republican gubernatorial candidate Roy Brown this week accused Democrats of spreading a false rumor that he is a vegetarian in this meat-loving state.

"I am not and have never been a vegetarian," Brown said.