Ummmmm, I'd rather make sure WE own the fact that compromise turned out ton be unilateral disarmament. 

Because I am completely convinced a lot of the Democratic leadership is going to follow up their appeaser appetizer with an entre of unconditional surrender.

I am not a political animal. As much as I love it, I don't understand the nuances, and I resent the gamesmanship. I would prefer that everyone just want what is best for Americans, as a whole, and work towards that together. Silly me.

I think the best we can hope for right now is gridlock. Hopefully the repubs will not be able to advance their agenda, and we will have 2 years to come up with a coherent message for the '12 elections.

As emotionally devastating as this election is, intellectually, I know the country will probably survive. The problem is, this selfish America is not the America I love. I just don't know how to move her in the direction I want to see her go. It is an uphill battle, and I'm just not sure there are enough like-minded people to make it happen.

I will probably say this 100 times today. Speaker Boehner. Those 2 words say it all.

I was annoyed when both Senate Democrats and Obama kept offering GOPer's the olive branch of bipartisianship only to find their efforts at constructive dialogue in the legislative process was beeing compromised and ultimately rejected once the final bill was watered down by the GOPer's to where it was of little or no use to the public. It never occurred to them they were being made fools of and I suspect the GOPer's will kept it up in the Senate while the House starts to roll back the carpet and look under the couch cushions to see if there's anything of political value that can be exploited for purely political purposes all while ignoring the public needing them to concentrate their efforts at cleaning up the mess left by the GOPer's and Bu$h that is still festering unabated. It will serve both Obama and the Democrats right for being foolish enough to think GOPer's believed in service to their country and its' people...they only believe in themselves.

The majority of these Ohio voters will not follow, understand or comprehend what Boehner and company are going to do to them and the country. And if they do have moments of comprehension they will forget it faster than a 30 second political attack ad. They are pawns on the chessboard called America, an entity owned and controlled by Koch, Murdoch and the rich and powerful.

Fox News and the GOP echo chamber will make sure that Obama and the Democrats take the blame if the economy relapses as the Republicans cut taxes on the wealthy while cutting unemployment, gov't spending, regulations and anything else they can that doesn't affect the gov't money flowing to the big corporate GOP donors and Wall Street.

If there is a price to be paid for the lack of good government in America, it will be paid as it always is, by children living in poverty, the middle class, the sick and the poor. Most voters will, as always, be taken in by the carnival barker/snake oil sales pitch of 'values', 'limited gov't, and 'low taxes' (for the investor class) that the GOP has used so successfully over the last 40 years.

The point is, the next two years will be nothing but gridlock.  Congressional Republicans have come right out and said that their single highest legislative priority is making sure Obama doesn’t get reelected. 

That means the only “compromise” they will propose or accept is the kind that makes Obama less appealing to his base.  They will advance nothing that doesn’t detract from Obama’s re-electability.  House Republicans will reach across the aisle, but they will extend a sword, not their empty hands; they will allow Obama to move forward only by pulling himself up their blade towards the hilt.

Absolutely on target.  When I heard Obama today talking about working together I hoped it was the standard, canned "gotta do it cuz we lost" speech, because if it came from the heart he has a really short memory. 

The Republicans don't care about the state of the nation, even in these parlous times, so why would anyone think that, after a victory, they're suddenly going to be thinking compromise?  Why would they?  The only compromise they're looking for is what they can get from the Dems.  Gridlock ahead unless they get their way, so it's two plus years of either stagnation or backward movement.

In 2012 the job market will be worse, the economy will be worse, the environment will be worse, and patience will be at an all-time low.  Goodbye, Obama.  Hello, any old demagogue with a glib tongue.

And there's nothing anybody on the scene today can do to stop it.  Can you stand it?