Post-Election 'Depression' in Tallahassee

By Diane Roberts

Published November 7, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Unlike the rest of the country, the denizens of Tallahassee, Florida are not happy that the elections of 2004 have come to an end. An essay by Diane Roberts.

Diane Roberts

Diane Roberts is a commentator on Weekend Edition Sunday. An eighth-generation Floridian, she is Professor of English at Florida State University in Tallahassee, where she pulls weeds in the spring and attends FSU football games in the fall. She went to Oxford University courtesy of a Marshall Scholarship in 1980 and earned a bachelor's degree in English literature and a doctorate in American literature.

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