Voters are going to wake up after this November’s midterm elections and feel a queasy unhappiness when they realize that Congress is still run by a Republican majority. Gerrymandering in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida and Texas means that many Congressional districts have been carefully redrawn to favor Republicans.

Pennsylvania used to hold 11 Republican seats and 10 Democrat seats, but GOP redistricting created a 12 to 7 Republican majority – in a state with a half million more Democrats. Tom Delay ‘s redrawing of Congressional districts in Texas was so over-the-top partisan that the Supreme Court will review it this spring.

So despite public approval levels of Congress that are even lower than Bush’s – whose levels are nearing Richard Nixon’s – it’s probable that Republicans will retain control of the House. Two more years of one-party rule, led by a lame-duck president who lurches ineffectively from boondoggle to boondoggle.

For that reason, I’m really hoping we can shake things up this November. In other words – all together now –- LET’S THROW THE BUMS OUT!

(Wow, that last line felt great…)