goodbye dear. hello, lover!

for all you slowpokes out there, our beloved defense secretary, donald rumsfeld, is O-U-T out. let's all go have a drink to celebrate, shall we?

Slate has a whole series of articles on Rumsfeld, including a catalogue of his catastrophes. the WP has a tribute of sorts--the kind where you reminisce about that time you locked your keys in the car at 2:00AM in a foreign country and it's only funny 'cause it was like four years ago.

in other news, the democrats win the house (!) and are all but done winning the senate (!!), as montana's in the bag and george allen is expected to concede as early as today. this all begs the question: now what? this should be fun.