It's not even close to being over, because Obama is not - you know - actually all that progressive. A few million people switching registration doesn't mean squat if there isn't a tsunami-sized policy shift.

Obama may make some paddling pool ripples - he's going to have to, to prove that he's not a slightly milder and more personable Bush II.

But there will be no tsunami. And the rot will still be there under the surface, the networks of crazies will still be dropping spores, waiting for a better time to sprout.