bedtime

[piranha]

ok, i'm pretty sure the senate is going to the dems as well -- been watching MT vote counts and only one county remains outstanding, which cannot possibly deliver enough votes to allow burns to catch up to tester. though man, that's a real squeaker. dunno whether close enough for recount; people on dkos are debating MT election law.

VA looks quite safe, with 99.84% reporting:
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,171,813 49.55%
G F Allen Republican 1,164,667 49.25%

the republicans did not pick up a single seat. this solid overall democratic win is a goodness. and today is for celebrating.

i am not totally thrilled, mind. under the circumstances, considering the things the republicans have done, i am disappointed so many people still voted for the crapweasels. and the US has a whole has shifted so much to the right that i remain deeply uncomfortable and uneasy. but it could have been worse, and maybe it can henceforth get a little better overall.

and now for a parting moment of schadenfreude: 'k(no)tnxbye santorum, blackwell, harris, ney, sweeney, foley, delay, sherwood, weldon. welcome to the first muslim in the house and first socialist in the senate (oh, the freepers must just BURN today).

Comments

[janetmk.livejournal.com]

How sweet it is.

Lots of smiling folks around the office today.

[vanbeast.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the updates on the MT/VA stuff. I haven't been paying much attention to stuff that's not Oregon or macropolitical.

Huge news, in general. Celebrations are due indeed. Personally, I can look past the fact that a lot of people are still idiots, but I'm hopeful this is the beginning of a trend. I'm hoping that people are beginning to come out from under 9/11 and the lefty trend will continue.

I heard about the muslim this morning on the NPR, but I didn't hear about the socialist! That's fantastic.

[huashan.livejournal.com]

Fabulous! I'm so happy that Santorum lost his seat. That Colorado has a democrat governor for the first time since JFK was in office and all the other excellent democrat wins.

Not so happy about:
1. Gay Marriage Ban passed here.
2. Domestic Partnerships Benefits failed here.
3. Tom Tancredo, despite being obviously insane, failed to lose his seat.

[huashan.livejournal.com]

And some even better news! Rumsfeld is stepping down.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003370621_webrumsfeld08.html

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

A Muslim in the House!

Sweeeet.

Probably too optimisitic

[huashan.livejournal.com]

But this expresses things quite well, I think.
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2006/11/08/pelosi-is-in-teh-hizouse/