Well, it was quite an exciting mid-term election. The Democrats took the house with a commanding 227-195 majority. The Senate race is still up in the air. There are current 2 seats still undecided and its tied at 49-49 (Though I think Lieberman falls under the democratic 49 and I'm not really sure how he'll vote after losing the primary).
This clearly shows that the American people wanted some change in direction here. It was, after all, quite a swing.
So what happens now? I fully expect that not alot is going to get done either in Congress or in the White House. The Senate rarely gets anything done without one side having a huge lead on the other, and even if they could Bush still has the Veto. While there will be alot of people complaining about how the Democrats are ringing in a do-nothing congress, I'm just hoping that the right-wing policy bleeding we've seen over the last 6 years should get stanched.
edit:
Amazingly enough, it looks like the message sent has been received. Donald Rumsfeld has stepped down as Secretary of Defense.