Oh, What a Night!

[sfroamer]

After the crushing debacle of the 2010 off-year election that saw the Tea Party assert its will so powerfully, I was sitting on pins and needles approaching yet another off-year election in 2011.  But my concerns turned to joy as returns started rolling in from races all over the country.  In an unprecedented show of "people power", the once left-

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Blind hogs can still find acorns

[ursusarctos]

Prop 26 (embryonic personhood) going down in flames isn't as big of a deal as some are making it.

I expected it to pass @ 80%+ like the marriage amendment.
Closer to the vote I saw that wasn't going to be so.

The killer in the prop was it being so broad/vague (intentionally).
All those fine folks that think me getting married is icky didn't want interference in *their* birth control methods or IVF.
Disclosure and discussions of how much the people promoting Prop 26 were soft-pedaling the implications to "regular" folks is what likely killed it.

I was hoping that if it passed it would be a VERY short wait for a wife-beater to be charged with 1st degree murder for his wife's miscarriage.

Re: Blind hogs can still find acorns

[sfroamer]

I totally agree. The fact that the initiative was so poorly written was its downfall. Poor Haley Barbour couldn't seem to wrap his head around the whole thing....bless his little heart. At one point, he spoke about how problematic the proposed statute was and then turned around and admitted he had voted for it after all. the fact that the initiative failed does give me hope that voters in Mississippi are more discriminating (and I mean that in the POSITIVE sense) than they are often given credit for.

Re: Barbour

[ursusarctos]

He's weirdly closer to an old style Rockefeller Republican than he lets on.
He's not terribly interested in the Culture Wars stuff because that interferes with business.
While he sounds like a love child of Paula Deen and Foghorn Leghorn, his voice and deep pockets from his DC years is what got him the governorship.

Re: Barbour

[sfroamer]

Which is why I was really surprised he decided not to run for the GOP nomination. Although I disagree with him on most EVERY issue, he seems like a guy with whom you could strike a bargain.

[sfroamer]

Right on, Al. We've got to keep the ball rollin'!

[tkn1114]

Yeah, it feels hopeful. Let's hope :-.)

[sfroamer]

And thanks for posting frequently about OWS!

[tkn1114]

I'm glad you approve. I do my little bit. Who else will do your business for you? But you.

N17! Get out to show our 99% POWER!

[teddyb]

Great post, Regi!

I know you will not be surprised to know that I share your joy in all these great victories. *grin*

[sfroamer]

Thanks so much, Robert. Let's hope we can keep the momentum going into 2012.