Some thoughts on the election

Thanks to everyone who came out last night. Much fun, and Sonia Tetlow is even better than she used to be. So, some random thoughts for this year:

Hunstein trounced Wiggins (insert Simpson's joke here) to keep her Georgia Supreme Court seat, a very good thing and a strong rebuff of corporate attempts to take control of the court here.

Bernie Sanders' victory in Vermont means there is finally an actual progressive in the US Senate

The Georgia Democratic Party is still a mess, actually losing seats this year while Dems won nationwide (and won more than I thought they would). So, who do you think the Dem candidate for governor in 2010 will be? Cathy Cox, Thurbert Baker, or a resurrected Roy Barnes?

As of my last check, Green candidates won 34 elections around the country. Does anyone have a count of victorious Libertarians? The lp.org web site only shows 7, and I know that can't be right. elttobretaw's friend David Chastain seems to have gotten the highest percentage of votes of any of the Lib candidates here

Wikipedia had some of the best coverage of this election of any one source

Keep an eye on Elliott Spitzer in New York. I've heard people say that he is the Dem the GOP fears most in 2012 and 2016, more so than Obama. It'll be interesting if the Dems nominate an African-American and a Jew on the same ticket. I wonder if GOP ads will start sounding like, "Two guys walk into a bar ..."

I think that GOP scandals were the real main issue this year, and that bodes poorly for the Dems. Not gonna be hard for the GOP to find plenty of scandals there and turn the tide, though I'm surprised more did not surface during this election. Of course, the presidential year (2008) always brings up the most.

How many people will get the chance to use the phrase "Santorum" in its appropriate usage this weekend (http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/)?

One Republican I was glad won was Audra Strickland in California, who was taking heat for voting against unconstitutional video game legislations.

And, for the number one question, will the Democrats be willing to actually challenge Duhbya? Yep, that means impeachment:

http://www.impeachbush.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr010=h8tk64ldm5.app5b&page=NewsArticle&id=5054&security=1&news_iv_ctrl=1061

Courtesy of Limacine

There now is a speaker, Pelosi,
Who at "not quite as bad" is a pro, see...
Of the evils she's lesser--
Though that's all I'll bless her,
'Cause the Dems are just Diet G.O.P.