The Democratic victory in November has already yielded some very important things. First, Rumsfeld fled the scene faster than you can say "Congressional investigation." The Mainstream media, realizing that Democrats largely won because people are sick of the war and the lies surrounding the war, have finally recognized that Iraq is in the midst of a Civil War largely due to Bush's incompetence.

Now, the Republican campaign to poison America has receieved a set back thanks to the Democratic victory. The EPA is abandoning part of Bush's plan to let polluters poison Americans at will. From Salon.com:

The Bush administration, looking at the prospect of stronger oversight from a Democratic-led Congress, is withdrawing a proposal to let big polluters report less often on what they spew from their smokestacks.

The administration, however, is going ahead with a plan to make one-third less provide detailed figures at all.

The government last year proposed easing air regulations to exempt some companies from having to tell the Environmental Protection Agency about what it considers to be small releases of toxic pollutants.

That proposal is still alive. But abandoned now is the idea of making companies that must make such reports, known as toxic release inventory, do so every other year instead of annually.

Let's keep one thing in perspective. Bush does not have the best interests of Americans in mind. Remember that he previously ordered the EPA to lie about the toxicity of the smoke plume from the WTC site, leading to the chronic illness of many NYC first responders who could have been protected by respirators had they known. What has led to this change is the fear of how a Democratic Congress will portray their disgusting endangerment of Americans to favor big polluters.

There's a whole slew of new sheriffs in town, and the Republicans are realizing that the party is over. Their irresponsible endangerment of Americans cannot go on.