Not pleased is an understatement.

But that's the way the ball bounces I suppose. I'll be interested to see how the precincts break out.

Of course, when McCain only wins 52.5% of the vote in a county that Bush and Ehrlich both carried with 60-plus percent that's not a good sign.

And 56 percent for Kratovil? All I have to say is be careful what you wish for. Needless to say, plan on me keeping a REALLY sharp eye on how he votes, assuming he hangs on to his overall margin. You all got your precious Eastern Shore representation, but like the actual geography of Frank's home location yards from the Bay Bridge, I suspect you'll find his moderatism and independence are of the same ilk - just enough to say they are there, but not enough to really be meaningful. In fact, I think neither will be found by the end of the first half of the 111th Congress.

Then again, none of that may matter now since there's going to be some fingers on the scale, so to speak, now that Question 1 has passed. It doesn't surprise me that it did, but still it's disappointing.

I almost feel more sorry for my friends in Delaware though because they've REALLY screwed the pooch in that state. To go from a 22-19 GOP majority in their House to a 26-15 Democrat one and to elect a Governor who reminds me of Martin O'Malley - I guess that is some good news for Maryland since Delaware will definitely lose a lot of its attractiveness.

Anyway, I suppose I have to rethink my educational approach a little bit because obviously the class didn't learn its lessons as well as I thought they did. (I also have a few choice words for a number of my blogging cohorts, but that comes under separate cover.)

I didn't get many pictures from the day, either. Definitely I was disappointed with the weather and for obvious reasons there wasn't much to celebrate. But I'll carry on nonetheless later today and probably spend most of the remainder of the week cleaning up the tangled wreckage of Election 2008 before moving on to other subjects I've neglected over the last few weeks.

Folks, I'll be the first to admit that I'm a mixture of disappointed and angered over how this turned out. The votes were against us, but neither my cause nor my determination has been defeated. I just have to work twice as hard, that's all, because in the end I still know I'm right.