Back from the break

In five, four, three fingers, two fingers, one finger...

And we're back. If you're just joining us, this is Nation Indivisible, a loose affiliation of three or so people who, when the moment moves them, post what's on their minds. Not all of it, because otherwise our coverage of the stimulus might have been improved. Short version: I'm with 538, not TPM.

I'm coming to you now, with the first, belated post of 2009, from Washington, DC, where I will be, both by turns and often simultaneously:

- Cold yet warmed by patriotic zeal

- Well fed on food, with an extra helping of Hope

- Attending the Southern Presidential Inaugural Ball, where I will join my fellow citizens in celebrating the election of Barack Obama while being alone among Dixiecrats in trumpeting their loss in the War of Northern Aggression.

- Leaving on Wednesday morning, possibly tarred and/or feathered.

Pictures and reflections to follow.

JEK