King, I do truly hope it is the GOP's gift to the long term health of the country. And I also expect it is the badly needed renaissance of our journalism, not to mention comedy and satire. Craig, my personal circumstances haven't been affected yet, but I've come to take Medicare and Social Security for granted. My feelings, my misgivings, are not so much about myself. What concerns me most are children and grandchildren, and not just my own, who'll have to live in whatever new world emerges.

Bill Ferguson