Dear Roger and commentators:

thank you for the sense of community, intelligence, honor and support you showed during this race. i have three grown children on the east coast, 2 in ny who survived ground zero and evacuated safely, and 1 in dc who evacuated the congressional building. as you can imagine, i am a one issue voter–security and safety for our nation above all. exit polls yesterday plunged me into depression, but our camraderie here kept me going–and look at us now. i’m delighted with the high tide of the popular vote and the strong showing bush made even in states that he lost. we are not a divided nation, but one clumped in the center, and we may move forward with confidence in our future and in each other. msm, rather than graciously accept a stinging defeat of their open and vitriolic opposition to bush, seem to be annointing themselves the bearer of the tattered flag the nation rejected. they are soooo over. they’ll slog on, but they have been rejected too. our role is to keep our voices heard.