Could it be? A post-election post on TPM which is not about Joe freaking Lieberman?

Palin suggests if she runs for the Presidency in 2012 she would be following a sign from god:

http://www.inetfreedom.info/pictures/result.php?image=ad_42145n.jpg

"I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door ... And if there is an open door in '12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I'll plow through that door."

"'Cause, ya know, I'm like a lipstick on a pig, I mean a pit bull, and a barracuda also, and I'm not gonna let those mean jerks pull me offstage, you betcha. I'm gonna shatter that glass door, dontcha know, and then we're gonna have a Christian in the White House again instead a that black muslim not to mention that Indian Catholic Exorcist, and it's gonna be like 'Praise Jeebus' once and for all."

NYT: The Southern Era Of Politics May Be Over

This really merits a Praise Jeebus!

I thought Obama would save us from great depression, turns out it's Palin.

From Botox Bummer Greta Van Sestran to Matt Lauer to Holgram Freak, the Palin show will be running in the city all week.

Good Morning fellow prinsoners, release date is 69 days away.

Palin will also suffer mightily from the fact that Alaska is something like a 37 hour time difference, so she can't respond to anything said about her until more than 3 three days later.

Went to ADN news to read about the tallying of the votes. It seems to be a cleanly run operation --May the best man win lol.
Savage

It seems that the only 2 people left after this election are Obama and Palin: the "celebrities" of the election.

Where is McCain?

OT: Is it only me who is beginning to get a little annoyed by Rachel Maddow?

Last night she said Obama will be seen as a wuss if he lets Liebermann slip by. This following her dreadful and shallow "talk me down" B.S. days leading upto the election night and her utter lack of insight or gravity on the election night itself.

The news used to be filled with depressing stories about crime, inflation, unemployment and tragic events happening around the world.

I never imagined I would think of that as the good old days.

Here we go...

Here comes Iran:

Iran test-fires new missile near Iraq: state media www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSTRE4AA4N220081111

And Russia:

Cuban president to visit Russia, alliance grows

www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSTRE4AA4LW20081111

and the appeaser:

President-elect Barack Obama plans to try a more regional approach to the war in Afghanistan including possible talks with Iran

www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4AA19Z20081111

Here is an interesting article linked to the other day by Andrew Sullivan on the power dynamics of the middle east:

http://www.diplomaticourier.org/kmitan/articleback.php?newsid=228

Long story short, if you can get past the demagoguery, Iran appears to be more aligned with our regional interests than Saudi Arabia, at least regarding the Taliban and Al Queda (perhaps not so much regarding the other regional interest - oil). But this may be an opening that Obama is looking to exploit.

Ironically, it was Iran that trained and financed the Northern Alliance (remember them?) The defeat of the Taliban is one place, at least, that Iranian and American interests (and Pakistani and Indian interests) are closely aligned.

Rachel M laughs too much

And just listened to Andy Harris conceding on the local news. Its a good day in Delmar.
Savage

From Driftglass:… "...My Party spent 30 years lying, cheating, and clawing our way to power and calling anyone who stood in our way a traitor.

To seize power we methodically annihilated the very idea of political comity in America, and when we were at the peak of Gingrich-fever, we (were) laughing at anyone who suggested that compromise was a virtue.

And once we achieved our goal of running every branch of government, we proceeded to destroy everything we touched. We mocked the dead and dying of New Orleans. Broke whole countries. Bankrupted the nation enriching a handful of plutocrats. Pissed away an international reputation it took fifty years of skill and patience to construct.

And now that we are falling into the abyss we created – now that all the consequence the hated Dirty Fucking Hippies warned us about are coming to pass – we’d like to, uh, move past partisanship and, uh, all get along.
OK?..."

Right now we need a strong united government to get progressive policies passed. I don't understand how, after such an overwhelming mandate from the voters, the democrats still think they have to cater to republicans who did nothing but spread fear in order to get legislation passed that prospered their cronies.

Haven't they had enough of republican obstructionism and the corporate lobbyists forcing policies and spending that are not in the people's interest. While we are busy "giving" money to AIG and others to spend on bonuses and perks while grabbing as much of the bail out money as they can get, congress will turn around and say we don't have enough money for Medicare or Medicaid or even social security. The short version...take away helping elderly people with their winter heating bills and use the money to party or make one wealthy CEO richer. Took your retirement money to buy a new yacht.
The repukes, these Publicans were busy making as big a mess as possible for Obama to clean up so they could stand around criticizing him and block his efforts every step of the way. They have no intention of helping anyone but the rich. They had no policies this election so they just attacked attacked attacked.

The democratic party has enough division without adding Publicans to their opposition. Publicans don't believe in partisanship as proven by their obstructing all legislation in the senate for purely political reasons. We need to get things
done and accomplish so much just to restore our democracy and our economy without Publican interference...and that is what bipartisanship means to them...interference.