So She Thought: At last -- a reprieve from 'election insanity'

A new day broke for me, both literally and figuratively this morning, when I sat up in bed and realized another election season has come and gone. Yes, the hoopla is finally over, and we can now safely move on from the business of sample ballots and straw polls to the even more daunting tasks of fighting holiday shoppers at the mall and arguing about the outcome of the elections with our idiot relatives over Thanksgiving dinner.