Much has been happening this last week: Yasser Arafat has died, giving the Palestenians and the Israeli’s a chance for peace. Ashcorft has stepped down; Alberto Gonzales has become the first Hispanic attornery general.

Against the background of these historic events, Republican senators are still, according to reports, haggling behind closed doors on who should be the next judiciary chairman. Arlen Specter has been on a crusade to paint himself as conservative and fair-minded, but so far conservatives haven’t been letting him off.

Here at Cornell the Cornell Daily Sun has been running on average a couple articles a day on election ananlysis. Bush’s win shook Cornellians up, and they aren’t sure what they did wrong.