Post election GOP

Predictably, the right is already attacking Obama. Rush is even saying that the current economic problems are caused by the anticipation of the Obama Administration. Since the current problems largely started in 1999 with Phil Gramm's dismantling of banking regulation, this claim is beyond ridiculous, so par for the course for Rush and the rest of the righty talkers.

Down in Georgia, one of the Senate's most deplorable members is trying to scare his citizens into thinking that he's the only thing that can save them from the horror of an Obama Administration. That would be Saxby Chambliss - the dirtbag that ousted Max Cleland by repeating over and over with mucho dinero how the triple-amputee veteran was an unpatriotic devotee of bin Laden.

Chambliss is in a runoff with Jim Martin, but is actually trying to be simply appointed to the Senate on the grounds that his knee hurts, and therefore there shouldn't be a runoff election, as called for by law. Sometimes, you can't make up stuff more ridiculous that what the Republicans will try to pull.
Saxby Chambliss Seeks Deferment From Runoff -- Cites "Bum Knee"

Meanwhile, at the White House, Bush is talking about how he is going to work for a smooth transition to the Obama Administration. His actions, however, are to whip out detrimental executive orders for Obama to deal with upon taking office. These orders are being designed by GOP lawyers to be particularly difficult to overturn, but must be overturned, so a lot of time must be wasted immediately after the transition. Thanks for salting the earth on your way out of town, George.

Of course, Obama will have very large problems to deal with, in addition to the last-minute landmines being set out for him by the GOP. Obama must find a solution to Bush's biggest legacy - his war against Iraq.

After years of pouring money into Iraq, placing a generation of debt upon US citizens while Iraqi coffers burst with massive oil revenues, the citizens still cannot get clean water. Over 40% of Iraq's civilian population still has no access to clean water. Even the most basic infrastructure in Iraq is not functioning.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7696641.stm

The money is gone, spent on crony contractors or otherwise "lost". The US taxpayers are left holding the bill, the Bushies leave with riches beyond their wildest dreams, and the people if Iraq are still denied a drink of clean water due to "dubya's war". Republican nation building at work, yet one more major catastrophe for future administrations to fix.