•Cynthia Tucker on Perdue's flag referendum promise.

It was a jarring moment, caught by TV news cameras as Georgia's governor-elect, Republican Sonny Perdue, celebrated his stunning victory Tuesday night.

As Perdue borrowed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous oratory -- "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we're free at last!" -- to underscore the end of Democratic Party dominance in Georgia, one of Perdue's supporters, standing in the background, waved a flag emblazoned with the Confederate battle emblem.

Now Sonny has promised to bring the flag to a vote. However, he seems a little bit embarrassed by his race-baiting demagoguery. Tucker has some good level headed arguments and comments. She realizes that many people are being used.

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•SullyWatch with a great post and a great scoop.

Democrat Dave Freudenthal defeated Eli Bebout in the race for governor of Dick Cheney's home state, Wyoming. Republican outnumber Democrats two-to-one. So this defeat was special, but don't wait for Bush and company to bring it up.

In a story from the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Republicans tell why the voted Democrat for the first time in their lives.

Wood, 73, said she changed parties because she doesn’t like the direction the GOP is taking, on both the state and national levels.

"It’s swung too far to the right," she said midway through the evening.

"They (Republicans) don’t seem to be concerned with what’s best for the country, just what’s best for themselves,' she said.

There is some very good reading. SullyWatch also brings up the Johnson and Thune race from South Dakota. Petty much the same story as Republicans are voting as Democratic as they finally catch on to what the GOPers are doing. Maybe there is hope fopr the country.

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•A disturbing article on reinstatement of the draft.

Includes a nice little timeline of events. College and Canada would no longer be options to avoid it. I am sure wealth and political connections would still be.

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•What was the first word out of everyones mouth on Wednesday morning?

Did it begin with an "F"? Was the only vowel a "U"? Did you use it more than once? Well in honor of that word, a few links to help you more fully understand where the word came from, its proper use, and historical significance.

A Flash animation illustrating the most versitile word in the English language.

Ten historical uses of the word

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