It is an eerie detente that just hangs. Among liberals, it’s a kind of bitter incredulity; among conservatives, a sort of smug relief; among true independents, not much surprise.
Regardless, there’s a sense of finality in the air that George W. Bush will serve that prized second term, having escaped electoral retribution. For as much as we may have prepared ourselves for another electoral debacle, the election has, in less than 24 hours, come to one very precise conclusion.
