Post-Election

So it looks like it's all over and Bush gets another four years. I'm a little disappointed, but not really surprised. I certainly didn't vote for Bush but Kerry has always had the air of loser about him to me, so I never got too excited about him. Except for a little while yesterday afternoon. But I got over it.

My rationale: when Clinton was president I just kept getting better jobs and making more money. Once Bush was in office I got laid off and had to work at Tulane for a fraction of what I used to make. No doubt by 2008 I'll be a freelance shepherd, wandering from meadow to meadow trying to pick up a little work.

But it's all water under the bridge. I've always maintained that you vote for the candidates who worry your conscience the least, and then you try and forget about who you voted for until the next election. Politics is a wonderful spectator sport, but if you give it too much it will break your heart.

So! In the horse-race spirit of it all, consider this: Dick Cheney has said more than once that he doesn't want to be president and won't run in 2008. That means both parties will have to come up with a brand-new, non-incumbent, non-vice president for the next election. When was the last time that happened? 1968? Anyway, that's where the next big story is! Who's going to be in the running for that? Giuliani? McCain? Edwards? Clinton? That one's going to be a hoot.