Keith Olbermann has it.

KURTZ: But in a sense, the Bush administration has been very, very good for Keith Olbermann.

OLBERMANN: Honestly? No. I’m an American citizen, I think this has been a disastrous presidential administration. I would have given what I have, in terms broadcasting success in the nature of this newscast, I would have easily said…if I were given the choice of this or some responsible presidency in the last four years or eight years? I would have taken a responsible presidency.

I agree.

I probably wouldn’t be a blogger today if George W. Bush hadn’t been re-elected in November, 2004. I started blogging about a month later with some friends at The Baltimore Group (later renamed Emboldened). Blogging has brought me a great many opportunities, including the chance to work for Chris Dodd and his presidential campaign. And while I can’t say that I’ve benefited in as high profile or lucrative a way Keith Olbermann may have over the course of the Bush administration, I’d be much happier if we were living in a healthy democracy where peace and prosperity held the day.

Hopefully the next administration will be better than the last and there won’t be the need for people like me to continue to work for a more progressive America because it will have been achieved. I’m not optimistic.