The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

November brought a chill wind through my world in both politics and college football. Bush was re-elected,* and Congress sashayed to the right. I watched Notre Dame drop a game to Pitt, get slapped around by USC, and boot Ty. Bad times.

Meanwhile, however, a chinook is blowing through Montana. As I mentioned earlier, an effective Democrat is moving into the governor's mansion for first time in two decades, and the Democrats control the Senate. The U of M Grizzlies are rolling through the Division I-AA playoffs with ease, downing New Hampshire 47-17 under borrowed lights in Missoula yesterday. Carroll College, a small Catholic school in Helena (and my mom's alma mater) is headed for the NAIA championship game for the fifth year in a row.

Everything's better under the Big Sky.