If you're a Democrat, that is. Last night, the Democrats pwned the Republicans, gaining 28 seats in the House, enough to give them control of that chamber. The Senate went pretty well, too. Pennsylvania crazyman Rick Santorum was ousted from his seat there. In Ohio, Mike DeWine was upset by Sherrod Brown, and in Missouri, Clair McCaskill beat Jim Talent. Democrats captured six governorships, as well.

Ours will continue to be the state of Caleefoahneah, as Governor Terminator soundly trounced Democratic challenger State Treasurer Phil Angelides. All of the statewide ballot initiatives, including Proposition 85 and Proposition 90, failed. Hey, as long as 85 and 90 failed, I'm happy.

And then what do I see when I go to cnn.com to check on election results? "Rumsfeld Quitting As Defense Secretary." Holy crap! Remember last year, when everyone wanted Bush to dump Rumsfeld, and he declared, "I'm the decider"? Yeah, it looks like the American people are deciding once again. Bush even acknowledged that the decision was motivated by last night's election results, noting, "I recognize that many Americans voted last night to register their displeasure with the lack of progress being made." Rumsfeld will be replaced by former CIA head Robert Gates.

With the Democrats at least in control of the House, we can start to have hearings -- under oath, even! -- that finally get down into what's been going on for five years: Iraq, intelligence failures, scandals, Halliburton, torture, secret prisons, habeas corpus, on and on and on. With their control of the House, Democrats will now be in charge of House committees. CNN projects that the Democrats have won 5 of the 6 seats they need to gain a majority in the Senate. Even if they do only get a majority of one, that puts them in control of committees -- especially the important Senate Judiciary and Intelligence committees.

It's even more interesting to note where the upsets happened: Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Montana. These are "Middle America"; the strongholds of the Republican base. The people there have apparently woken up from their haze and discovered that they've been screwed for the past five years, and they've decided that it needs to stop.

Good work, America!