Well, That's Over

Now that the election is over, maybe we can begin to focus on solving our problems.  But, I think not.  I doubt that the fiscal cliff issues will get solved until the last possible moment.  For a while, there's going to be a lot of soul-searching and second-guessing by the losers, which is sure to take a lot of energy.

For a kid from the Bronx, Delaware is sometimes a very strange place.  There is a post-election tradition here called "Return Day."  If I have any of the specifics wrong, please excuse me.  On Return Day, the winners and losers in state-wide elections gather in Georgetown in southern Delaware.  The election returns are announced at the town square.  The main event comes when the winning and losing candidates for each office ride together in horse drawn carriages around the town and then go to a field where they bury a hatchet in a barrel of sand.  Then they go eat.

Burying the hatchet is more than a metaphor in Delaware.  I hope they make sure the edge is dull this year, given some of the attack ads.