A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Democrats have retaken the U.S. House of Representatives. We don't know about the Senate yet, but it's still a possibility.

Democratic control of both houses would end the Bush presidency as we've known it. (Just the House will make a big difference.)

I've been regularly checking the Senate results, looking for the ray of light of a newly Democratic House (as Madonna might have it) to develop into the bright sunshine of complete Democratic congressional control.

When I entered Starbucks this morning -- the Senate outcome very much on my mind -- "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" was playing. Wasn't this a song that gave hope to Brits during World War II?

I took its ambient presence as an omen of sorts; an embrace of hope.