It has been a wild 48 hours, and my brain’s just buzzing. Here’s what I’m thinkin’ tonight:

I’m so glad this country sent such a decisive message to our government. It makes me proud to be American again. Not because the Democrats won, but because the system still works. If the leaders in Washington DC let us down, we knock ‘em out. Amen.

Jon Stewart is so sexy.

I don’t care if he is on my side; Chris Matthews is a jerk. I could not have been happier that Rick Santorum lost his Senate seat; however, Matthews’ snide remarks about Santorum’s little girl crying onstage were really unnecessary. A seven- or eight-year-old does not have the emotional maturity to “grin and bear it,” nor does she understand much worse things could happen to her like losing her father to war or gang violence or terrorism. Even the best-behaved children cry over much sillier things; she was, quite naturally, sad that her father had lost his job. Sure, they won’t go hungry, but she realizes that this was a big disappointment. What was he supposed to do? Tell her to stop being a big baby or just kick her off the stage? We won the election, but let’s be gracious winners and at the very least, allow the children of the losers their tears.

Bye-bye, Donald Rumsfeld. Wait! Is that the “Hallelujah Chorus” I hear?

A female speaker of the House! Doesn’t that make her third in line to the Presidency? Does the President have any plans to go hunting with Dick Cheney?

I wonder how many times Ann Coulter voted this year?

I wonder what really won the Missouri Senate seat for Claire McCaskill - Michael J. Fox’s support for her or Rush Limbaugh’s spectacularly insensitive impersonation of Fox?

After watching President Bush’s press conference this morning, I actually liked him better than I have in six years. A little humility makes him much easier to take.

Okay, the conservatives are out. Can liberals do any better? Is it even possible for them to do worse?

Thank God the elections are over!

The holidays are coming! Argh.

Poor Kevin Federline.