Just my 2 cents...
A few sobering thoughts on the election and the way things work:

In my view, while the election results were impressive and direct, it is not the American people who control the machinations of our national systems. It is an elite of rich and powerful men (and perhaps a few women). To the extent that we have set the stage for a slowing down of our descent into fascism, we have given ourselves a measure of breathing room and much-needed relief from the darkest days of fear. Much as I hate to give in to my cynical side, I think the elites helped the results along in order to curb the extremism (or rapidness of the descent) of a particularly radical wing of complete dipshits. They did this, I believe, to avoid any potential wrath from us really mad folks. Does anyone wonder about the extraordinary coincidences of "discovering" the Mark Foley scandal JUST before the election and the Armed Forces publications that came out with a rebuke of the way Bush, et al handled the Iraq war THE DAY BEFORE the election. Remind me if there were other events/revelations that seemed suspiciously well timed...and that the media actually covered. And what about the potential for stealing the vote with the HUGE number of e-voting machines? If the right wing of the elites stole twice before, why not this time? Could it be that the Democrats are just the more reasonable wing of the same group of folks?

What we can do about the situation...
now that we have some measure of the elite's attention, we should kick ass in the "nonviolent protests and civil disobedience" area of things.
It is a time when we have the potential to really feel our potential as a people and test the limits of this so-called democracy based on our Constitution. And by all means, there is NO harm in phoning/faxing/emailing our reps and demanding impeachment, but I'll tell ya: I saw an interview with Nancy P. on CNN and she emphatically said there will be no impeachment hearings.
:-(
DAMN! Woulda been SO much fun!