in mourning this morning

I was confident that when i fell asleep last night the world woudl be okay and Kerry would win Ohio. Things do not look that simple. I still haven't lost all hope. Not until all the votes are counted...

But I do feel like this picture from BBC:


Why don't we have an election process that we get the same results. We are trusting exit polls that vary for each station or network. This is where BBC said we were when I got back from my meeting this morning:


And even scarier is that both the house and senate will be republican.


sigh.