Top Links: Liberal America wins, Bush America loses, GOP freaks out but Michele Bachmann is triumphant. Go figure

An election of epic proportions deserves a Top Links of even more epic proportions. Enjoy.

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• “Welcome To Liberal America” (Buzzfeed)

• Pres. Obama: “Whether you voted for the first time, or waited in line for a very long time—by the way, we have to fix that.” (Election Law Blog)

• Mitt Romney made history last night … by having the second-worst home-state loss in history. Congratulations, sir. (Smart Politics)

• Nate Silver, your honor has been restored, sir. (Businessweek)

• “7. The Bush problem lingers” (Politico)

• The new GOP anthem? “Ah, freak out / Le freak, c’est chic / Freak out.” (Politico)

• A few conservatives get what’s going on. (Matt Lewis) and (Brad Dayspring)

• Hell, Mike Huckabee gets it. (Huffington Post)

• Charles Krauthammer? Not so much. (The Daily Caller)

• And then there’s Karl Rove. (Salon)

• Other conservatives put last night in French existential terms. (Greg Mankiw)

• How monumental was last night’s election? We’ll let Buzzfeed’s Andrew Kaczynski drop some history on you. (Andrew Kaczynski)

• How bad was last night for Republicans? Sheldon Adelson’s millions couldn’t even buy a House seat. (Dave Weigel)

• Gay people! (The Atlantic Wire)

• Weed! (NBC News)

• New Hampshire women! (Associated Press)

• Our vote for best headline: “The GOP’s Rape Apologist Caucus Did Not Fare Well Tonight” (The Atlantic Wire)

• Good news for comedians and snarky tweeters: We have at least two more years of Michele Bachmann. (Minnesota Public Radio)

• Obama won without controversy—despite Florida’s best efforts (The Palm Beach Post)

• Seriously, Florida, get it together. We beg you. (Miami Herald)

• The most under-the-radar, radically important story of this election? Californians passed Props 30 and 39 to raise taxes on individuals and businesses to help blot out the red ink. Remember: As goes California, so goes the nation. (Mercury News)

• And lest we forget: Allen West, blowhard extraordinaire, appears to have lost last night. (NBC News)