There’s a story in today’s Salon (subscription required or watch the ad) discussing Mr Bu$h’s reaction to the voice of the American people:

WASHINGTON -- President Bush struck a businesslike tone Tuesday night as the Republicans lost control of the House, making plans to call the woman poised to become speaker of a Democratic House majority.

"The president's not the kind of guy who is going to be somber about things," said press secretary Tony Snow. But he added: "They have not gone the way he would have liked."

Bush, unaccustomed to political defeat, planned a morning phone call to Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi and made plans to give his take on the midterm election results at an afternoon news conference.

The president watched the results in the White House residence, where Snow described the mood as "businesslike."

Asked if the president was surprised that the House was headed for Democratic control, Snow said it wasn't "a slap-on-the-forehead kind of shock."

A sensible man would have assumed that a 60 year old adolescent, insulated from the harsh realities of the world for all his life, would be stunned by the voice of the people. But if that same child was incredibly arrogant as well, it can be assumed that there was some rage mixed in there as well. Not the frothing, chewing-the-carpet rage that is anecdotally ascribed to Adolph Hitler, but rather a seething inner rage at the audacity of the “little people” to dare thwart his imperial ambitions. Possibly the only external sign would be the famous pouting lips.

Billmon snidely reports that Mr Snow also said

The president watched the results in the White House residence, where Snow described the mood as "businesslike."

"The president often likes to conduct business while curled up in a fetal position on the floor," Snow explained. "It helps him concentrate."

Perhaps that last paragraph was deleted from the Salon story by the time I got to it.

Billmon also adds this tastefully delicate update:

Since it was Bush who said that if the Democrats win America loses, I suppose the only remaining question is whether he'll fly to Pakistan to offer our surrender to Bin Ladin or invite Bin Ladin to come to Washington.

Maybe they could do it on the deck of the battleship Missouri -- just for old time's sake.