sky a palette of greys

over Cedar Rapids, Iowa, this morning.

In 90 minutes, I do my Artburst spot, to kick off the opening session of the NPN Annual Meeting. I'm thinking about election results as I work through voice warmups.

I agree with Arundhati Roy, who likened the 2004 presidential election to a choice between 2 brands of washing powder, both made by Proctor and Gamble. But 2 things about the Democrats taking Congress and the Senate give me hope.

1) It means that the Republican-powered electoral fraud and rigged voting machines that pose a major threat to all US elections were somehow circumvented.

2) Many of the Democrats elected stood on an unambiguous anti-war platform - and won. If they can only remember that now that they're in office............