Despite the overwhelming feeling of impending defeat on Tues, I stayed optomistic up until the end. I was more of a Palin supporter than a McCain supporter and I am optomistic about her future on the national scene. The election was a defeat for Republicans, but it was not a defeat of conservative ideas. The conservative party has gone into a mode where they are more of a "Democrat Lite," with big spending and earmarks rulling the roost. We have narrowly avoided a complete disaster by winning a few senate races and avoiding a phillibuster-proof Democrat majority. But now that the longest and most expensive election in history is over, I have gleamed a few things from the past 3 days.
       Now that Obama is the president-elect and the mainstream media has seemingly gotten what it wants, we will have to deal with him and his policies for at least 4 years. From the way he has started his staffing process with Rom Emanuel, I can already tell that Republicans, especially conservative ones, are in for a bumpy ride. The Fairness Doctrine looms large over the horizon, threatening to severly limit many voices of dessent against the new administration.

      I am also genuinely concerned about the President-elect's ideas on the economy. With Wall Street taking about a 10% hit since he was elected, the markets seem to be less than enthusiastic about his proposed policies. The great unknown at this point is whether Obama will actually follow through on his proposals, or take the advice of most economists and shelve his tax increases for a time. All we can do at this point is hope...