Please tell me this is a nightmare, and I will wake up soon to find the sane people still in charge.
No, the sane people are not in charge. And they will not be in charge again. This downward slide of our country will not be turned around again. If there are some Republicans out there who think this can all be fixed in 2008, they are extremely delusional. It is too late now. The day of opportunity was last Tuesday.