I have a couple of questions....

[KevinTheOmnivore]

One is for conservatives (so basically just Ronnie), and the other is a general question.

1. How will George W. Bush unite a country that is more ideologically divided than it has been since the Civil War? After all, despite the rantings and yelling of the GOP, this was certainly no mandate. Bush won the popular vote by roughly 3.5 million. He won nearly 4.5 in Texas alone. 3.5 million people isn't a whole lot. How will the man who ran (and lied) as a uniter in 2000 actually go about doing what he promised in 2004-2007?

2. Where does the Democratic Party go from here? Does it accept the fact that many exit polls have shown moral/social issues such as abortion, stem cell research, and gay marriage took priority over jobs, healthcare, and war? What approach does the party take for 2008? Do they run a Tom Vilsack, or even a Harry Reid? Should they run a woman (ie. Senator Clinton) or a minority (ie. Barack Obama or Bill Richardson)? I don't know that the South and the midwest would have any tolerance for that. Must all Democrats be reactionary idiots like Zell Miller? Must the party become GOP-lite in order to break into the South? How can the Democrats develope their own "Southern strategy," much like the GOP did in the 1970s....? Or, does the party swing to the Left? Do they embrace the Deans of the world? Does the party fully embrace the label of "progressives" and run louder, more "resolute" populists...?

So those were a few questions.