Some random thoughts on the election

First ... YAY!!!

That said, I'm trying to temper my enthusiasm. The last time I felt anything like this (June, 1968), things didn't go so well. I don't think it'll happen again, but, well, once burned....

At least it's a decisive win. With more than 2/3 of the electoral votes, there won't be court challenges. They would have to bring so many suits and win them all in order to affect the outcome, that it wouldn't be worth it. Which is something in favor of the electoral college. It might be possible to challenge 4 million popular votes, but not that many electoral votes.

I hope that those around the world who have assumed that all (or even most) Americans were racists have changed their opinions of us at least a little bit.

As I said to Jim this morning before he went to work, "That Mr. Obama is pretty good at speechifying. You know, he might have a future in politics."

In other election news, it looks like South Dakota won't take away a woman's right to choose, which is also a YAY!! California is teetering with their anti-gay-marriage proposition, but I still hold out hope. I haven't followed other propositions closely, so I don't know about them.

Here in Washington, the most important proposition was the Death With Dignity law, which is very similar to Oregon's law. It was very contentious with those opposed to it even hiring Martin Sheen to try to scare people into believing that it would mean that poor and disabled people could be legally murdered. It passed.

Almost all of the things and people I voted for went the way I voted. The ones that didn't were ones that I had no passion about, so I'm considering the whole election to be a win for me. :-)

I have some thoughts about McCain and his campaign, but I'll wait to express them. I know there some McCain supporters out there and I think it would be unnecessarily unkind to rub salt in the wounds at this point. I think he did make a nice concession speech.

Lots of work to do. They were just saying that Obama is heading back to the Senate to try to pass some more legislation to help the economy, even before he is inaugurated. No time like the present.

I say again... YAY!!!