Interesting opinion piece from US News & World Report.

The good news is our regulators are committed to restoring oversight of the marketplace and corporate America, no matter how loudly some business leaders whine.



Last week Saddam Hussein accepted the terms of the United Nations resolution on weapons inspection and disarmament. For now, at least, war has been avoided. Republicans have retaken the Senate, restoring their hat trick of controlling the White House, the Senate, and the House. The negative campaigning on the part of both the Democrats and the Republicans only added to a mood of pessimism in the country, and we won't have to put up with that for another two years. All right, another year.

Republicans won barely 53 percent of the votes cast in the midterm elections. While they dominate government, Republicans are not claiming a mandate. They recognize that we are a nation evenly balanced politically, reasonably expecting governance from the center. I don't know whether the Republicans will succeed in their policies over the next two years, but there is clear accountability to the voters should they fail.

I think the whining is about to wind down.