Hesiod's reaction is pretty similar to mine:

I'm happy.

No. Seriously.

At first I was pissed, then depressed. Then...I realized something.

WE'RE FREE!!!!

No more ass kissing the Bush Administration. No more rubberstamping.

We can fight the good fight, and for Democratic Party principles, without worrying whether we'll piss off a bunch of Bubba's South of the Mason-Dixon line.

We can be Democrats again.

We'll be back. With a vengeance.

Amen, brother!