my election reaction

I know it's been almost a week since Obama was elected President of the US, but I haven't had the time to really think about how I feel about it.  I stayed up watching the election when Lucas went to sleep.  Jeff was out of town, and when Ohio was called for Obama, I knew it was over.

I truly like the checks and balances aspect to our government; however, this year looks like we're back to  1993 when Clinton took over office.  We swing back and forth, and it's time that Democrats took back over.  I'd rather that the Supreme Court justices stay put for awhile, but I bet a couple will retire with Obama's win.

If you see the chart below, you'll see how we swing back and forth.  I'm not one of the ones saying that it's the end of democracy as we know it.  I realize that the President has some power, but it's not a dictatorship as much as Bush's enemies would like to say it was with him in office.

Year	Congress	President	Senate (100)	House (435)
2007	110th	R	D - 51**	D - 233
2005	109th	R	R - 55	R - 232
2003	108th	R	R - 51	R - 229
2001	107th	R	D*	R - 221
1999	106th	D	R - 55	R - 223
1997	105th	D	R - 55	R - 228
1995	104th	D	R - 52	R - 230
1993	103rd	D	D - 57	D - 258
1991	102nd	R	D - 56	D - 267
1989	101st	R	D - 55	D - 260
1987	100th	R	D - 55	D - 258
1985	99th	R	R - 53	D - 253
1983	98th	R	R - 54	D - 269
1981	97th	R	R - 53	D - 242
1979	96th	D	D - 58	D - 277
1977	95th	D	D - 61	D - 292
1975	94th	R	D - 60	D -291
1973	93rd	R	D - 56	D - 242
1971	92nd	R	D - 54	D - 255
1969	91st	R	D - 57	D - 243
1967	90th	D	D - 64	D - 247
1965	89th	D	D - 68	D - 295
1963	88th	D	D - 66	D - 259
1961	87th	D	D - 64	D - 263
1959	86th	R	D - 65	D -283
1957	85th	R	D - 49	D - 232
1955	84th	R	D - 48	D - 232
1953	83rd	R	R - 48	D - 221
1951	82nd	D	D - 49	D - 235
1949	81st	D	D - 54	D - 263
1947	80th	D	R - 51	R - 246
1945	79th	D	D - 57	D - 242

Yellow years mark Presidential