Well, Americans have spoken and they said that they were tired of the Republican way of running things.  George W got us into a war from which we cannot easily escape.  His policy of allowing companies to run amuck unimpeded failed miserably.  Every time he got into trouble, he would bring out his ban on gay marriage, which (fortunately) failed.  Now let's see if Barak Obama can fix GWB's mess.  Good luck to our new president.