And so it begins. In his comments today, George W. Bush said:

“We’ve worked hard and gained many new friends, and the result is now clear — a record voter turnout and a broad, nationwide victory.”

With 51% of the vote, GWB sees a “broad victory” handing him a mandate to tackle all the planks of the GOP platform. Worse, that sentiment is echoed by his supporters. The rest of us? The other 55 million citizens who voted against him? Well gosh, folks, you lost. With the House of Representatives comfortably held by the GOP, with the Senate headed for a 55/45 split in their favor, with about 30 of the governorships in the country, and with the impending death/retiring of more than one Supreme Court Justice… I don’t know that there is anyone to stop them.

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See: Bush declares ‘broad victory’ and: Bill Bennett, moralist and: Adam Yoshida, ultra conservative