It didn't take Taylor and Henry too much time to get through US Customs yesterday coming back from Cancun. I picked them up before headed over to the VPS going away party for Quang at Saun's place.

As of now, it appears that the Evergreen state may have a Republican, Dino Rossi who beat Democrat Christine Gregoire by 1,920 votes out of 2,755,159 votes cast, for governor and a Democrat, Brad Owen who beat Republican Jim Wiest by a 54% to 38%, for lieutenant governor.

The Cabinet reshaping is rapidly taking place. By this morning, Commerce secretary Don Evans, Attorney General John Ashcroft, secretary of State Collin Powell, Energy secretary Spencer Abraham, Education secretary Rod Paige, Agriculture secretary Ann M. Veneman have submitted or will be submitting their resignations.