John Grimes, cartoonist, illustrator and producer of the documentary "There's Something About W: A Wry Look at the Policies of the Bush Administration"

If Bush does squeak by, I've got a five-point plan:

First, I'd apply for one of those cushy mongering positions at the new Department of Fear. Second, I'd learn Canadian, just in case. Third, I'd go to the counter-inauguration rally in D.C. in January to help show the world that's there no mandate, just another goofball American mistake. Fourth, I'd do more cartoons about political issues now that Bush has politicized everything. Fifth, to celebrate our 25th anniversary of heavy dating, Robin [director and co-producer of "There's Something About W"] and I will travel to Old Europe in the spring. We'll apologize profusely and ask those cheese-eating, war-averting chocolate makers to help us raise hell for four years while we work to put a true humanitarian in the Oval Orifice."

Technology entrepreneur Sunil Paul, who is the executive director of iCanvas.org, a progressive political site

First, I'm going to be depressed for about a week. But while in the dumps, I'll muster the energy to redouble our efforts to raise the voices of everyday folks who are dismayed at the direction of our country.

We'll enable people to reach out to their friends and family to convince them as well. I think the most powerful political voices are those of people we know and trust -- not the talking heads on TV. We'll set our sights on the next election cycle and win Congress.

The nebbish in chief of the blog Internebbish

I think I will give everyone I know a lot of duct tape to try to hold their skulls together so when Bush talks their brains don't shoot out of the back of their heads.

Adam Werbach ran the Sierra Club when he was 23, is the author of "Act Now, Apologize Later," and now serves on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

If Bush wins, there will be all the handwringing that should have happened more after Gore lost. Hopefully, [Democratic National Committee chair] Terry McAuliffe will be fired. And there might be an opportunity to change the Democratic Party.

If Kerry wins, it may be harder, because while we'd like to think if Kerry wins then the ideas that we collectively hold win. That's clearly not the case. Kerry will have won on a platform of being against Bush, not on any platform of ideas. And so he's still going to face a hostile Congress. He's still going to face an American public that is hostile to the idea of government activism. And he's going to face a crippling budget deficit that will force him to do the Republicans' bidding, which is to lessen the size of government.

I'm dedicating myself to helping Kerry win. But, if he does, it's going to be more challenging because of all the smug people who will think that Kerry won because they were right, when the truth is that Kerry won because Bush is such an idiot.

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