Mal ,'Ariel'
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Ugh. Awake. Too tired, but too much work to not get up and get started.
I suck at getting my work done.
I am thrilled that CA no longer needs a 2/3rd majority to pass a budget. About. Damn. Time.
That is good. But don't we also now need a 2/3 majority to get a state fee through? Fucking voters are contradictory eejits.
The other thing that made me feel better was that this is the 3rd time in a row that the ruling party has lost the House in the midterm election following that of a same party President being elected. The trend having more to do with preferring divided party rule than being about any particular issue - no matter what is being said.
I have to put in a plug here for the My History Can Beat Up Your Politics podcast - he's done a few episodes on midterm elections, and he's really fantastic at putting current political trends in context.
not a single person I voted for won, unless I missed something.
Everyone I voted for won! And New York State can look forward to some lovely tablescapes and theme-tinis in the governor's mansion!
I feel like it's actually not that bad, myself. (Um, or that good, if you happen to be a Republican.)
And New York State can look forward to some lovely tablescapes and theme-tinis in the governor's mansion!
Snerk.
All I'm hanging on to this morning is that it's not possible for me to feel as horrible as I did the day after the 2004 election.
And also, thank god that nitwit in Arizona lost.
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not a single person I voted for won, unless I missed something.
Me, too. Although I haven't checked the judge or school board races.
All I'm hanging on to this morning is that it's not possible for me to feel as horrible as I did the day after the 2004 election.
There is that.
And New York State can look forward to some lovely tablescapes and theme-tinis in the governor's mansion!
Better Sandra Lee than Carl Paladino! We were given a choice of crazy and went with the Kwanzaa cake. I can live with that.
(And did we all know that one of the third party candidates was the madame of the escort service that got Spitzer kicked out of office? Oh politics, don't ever change.)
Better Sandra Lee than Carl Paladino! We were given a choice of crazy and went with the Kwanzaa cake. I can live with that.
Absolutely. It's not like Sandra Lee actually got elected -- she's just a fabulous gift-with-purchase.
The House results were pretty brutal. The party in power were always going to get hammered in a midterm with the economy in the toilet though. (I think they underperformed against even this standard, but it doesn't make any reall difference to the situation.) On the bright side, it looks like the Dems not only held the Senate, but held enough seats not to have to worry about Nelson and Lieberman flipping.
I think it's probably good news for Obama too, at least as far as 2012 is concerned. The public still holds the Repubs in lower regard than the Dems. I doubt that'll change now they're back, with added Tea Party. Next go-round, they'll have to shoulder public scrutiny too.
Doesn't help get things done in the short term, though.