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Rumsfeld is resigning, even though Bush had said that Rummy would be here torturing the military with his "strategery" for the next two years. So Bush lied, was called on it, and keeps right on lying his way through his presidency. He also thinks we'll be staying the course in Iraq...wait, he said we were changing the course there. Which one is it today, Dubya?

Tester (Montana) and Webb (Virginia) have won their respective races, but this won't be final until after the recount is done. By later today though, the Senate should also belong to the Democrats.

The NY Times (subscription required to read the full article -- or just use BugMeNot) has a good article: Blogs Take Lead in Reporting Polling Problems, With Supporting Evidence on YouTube.

Funniest part of the article:

Even so, many of the biggest names in political blogging -- including John Aravosis of Americblog, John Amato of Crooks and Liars, Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit and Mr. Morrissey of Captain's Quarters -- had been corralled by a member of the mainstream news media, CNN, at Tryst, a trendy Washington coffeehouse, last night.

Constantine Stavropoulos, the owner of the cafe, said he had closed its doors for the "blog party," which the network periodically broadcast and streamed online. He said he expected the bloggers -- an attractive bunch, he said -- to linger long after the votes were in.

"Bloggers look a lot better than I thought they would," Mr. Stavropoulos said.

All I can say is that even though it's gloomy outside, it still feels like the sun is shining brightly. It's going to be a marvelous "sanity prevailed and took back Congress" day.