The minute we start stifling our speech, we might as well go home, roll up our sleeves and get our guns out.

Poll

It looks like we will have Michele Bachmann to kick around for two more years. But it was damned close (1%). And Minnesota's legislature even gave her a more favorable district in the redistricting process ( Read more... )

Latest Rasmussen poll out of Missouri for Senator ( Read more... )

Progressives across the country breathed sighs of relief and emitted various "Huzzahs" last night as results were finalized. See here for my pre-election writeupIn the "Huzzah" category Republican Arizona State Senate President Russell Pearce went down to defeat in a recall election to Jerry Lewis, another Republican, by a 53% - 45% margin. The ( Read more... )

Man Sues U.S. to Hunt Moose from Hovercraft

The battle is on to have the New Jersey legislature vote in lame-duck session on equal marriage rights, so that the current Governor, a Democrat, can sign the bill before the new Governor, a Republican, comes into office and vetoes it ( Read more... )

Governor Paterson has announced that he will be calling the State Senate back to Albany next Tuesday, November 10 to vote on marriage equality.

http://eqfed.org/ct/ldNZTpn18ELQ/

Here. We. Go. Again.

Maine referenda results:

Same sex marriage
   No: 53%
   Yes: 47%

Medical Marijuana Liberalization
   No: 41%
   Yes: 59%

Decrease Automobile Excise Tax (on newer models)
   No: 74%
   Yes: 26%

Require voter approval of new taxes, impose growth in spending limits   No: 60 ( Read more... )

Looks like Maine will reject equal rights by as large or larger a margin than California did. Wow.

All that effort. All that organization. All those volunteers. All to absolutely no effect.

I guess we can concentrate on legalizing marijuana in 2010 in California now.

Who'd of thunk? Maine, a state with far more moose than Mormons, has ( Read more... )