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I did not stay up late to watch the returns. I felt that that way lay madness, though admittedly I could also be pretty confident my state would go blue (which it did).
"My" guy won. I use the quote marks because Obama has always been too socially conservative for my tastes. However, I did see a lot of socially liberal measures passed - 3 states for marriage equality (including mine!) and two for marijuana decriminalization, and hopefully this will show the Democrats that there IS support for a progressive agenda, if they would just develop spines!
I'm not saying they shouldn't "reach across the aisle", but that they should loudly and vigorously call out their political opponents who won't.
I said back in 2008 "Great! We got rid of Dubya, now let's hold Obama's feet to the fire" and that still stands.
I'd love to see an end to the excesses of the Patriot Act and to the drone attacks, but I'll settle for some campaign finance reform. I'm cynical that even that will happen, but hopefully at least things won't get *worse*.
"My" guy won. I use the quote marks because Obama has always been too socially conservative for my tastes. However, I did see a lot of socially liberal measures passed - 3 states for marriage equality (including mine!) and two for marijuana decriminalization, and hopefully this will show the Democrats that there IS support for a progressive agenda, if they would just develop spines!
I'm not saying they shouldn't "reach across the aisle", but that they should loudly and vigorously call out their political opponents who won't.
I said back in 2008 "Great! We got rid of Dubya, now let's hold Obama's feet to the fire" and that still stands.
I'd love to see an end to the excesses of the Patriot Act and to the drone attacks, but I'll settle for some campaign finance reform. I'm cynical that even that will happen, but hopefully at least things won't get *worse*.
