Artful Dodger: No, Bush lost the election as the trust in him and the Republican party went out of the window.

And if you looked at want your Pres and others have said that savings will be made from cuts in areas that spending is stupid. We covered this about a week ago in talks made by various folks of the Democratic party. And your Country is already in so much debt from Bush's admin.

And btw...More spending..... The RBS was going under through bad mistakes and bad deals, the government here saved the bank and now are looking at getting paid back. If the RBS had gone under the damage to this country, the banks workers and the public who have put their life savings into deposits or stocks and shares re the company would have been a real killer as to the UK's moral.

And as for the courts, judges do have the right to argue about the law, sentences and the like.. over here in poor ol' 'liberal' UK. Some do, some will also do in cases where it's more of a matter of personal feeling and not as such an illegal activity.

And Palin would make a good Pres.. sorry, but that is funny!!