Does Bush regret holding the elections?

It certainly seemed as if he was trying to brag about how "democratic" we are to actually bother holding elections during war time in his radio address:

"We saw that freedom earlier this week, when millions of Americans went to the polls to cast their votes for a new Congress. Whatever your opinion of the outcome, all Americans can take pride in the example our democracy sets for the world by holding elections even in a time of war.”

We won't make that mistake again!

Bush is trying to use his loss to make himself look magnanimous. Secretly, I think, he's wishing he had invented an excuse to suspend elections.

Oh well. Maybe next time.