Late Tuesday night I went to bed relieved. It was the first election night since 2000 that I wasn't in despair. It was a nice feeling.
Wednesday I woke to find out that Claire McKaskill had won and it looked like the Senate was going to go our way. That felt kind of nice. But, as my husband and I discussed, neither of us could really believe this had all happened and both of us were waiting for the other shoe to drop.
By today I realized that my ability to feel positive or happy in the realm of politics is a skill that will have to be relearned.
· WI-08: Wingnut plans to run as "conservative independent" (desmoinesdem)
· 50 percent of southerners say Obama better president than Bush (desmoinesdem)
· What Yesterday Says About Young Voters (Mike Connery)
· Max Blumenthal on the dysfunctional movement driving the GOP (Mike Connery)
· IA-Gov: Culver launches second tv ad (desmoinesdem)
· Hilarious Vid On Why We Must Vote No On Issue 2!! (Cliff Schecter)
· NY-23: Scozzafava Drops Out! (lipris)
· NY-23: Pataki Goes Rogue, Endorses Teabagger Darling Doug Hoffman (lipris)
· Dunne Considering Run For VT-Gov (Nathan Empsall)
· McGovern Grandson Looks to Challenge Thune in 2010 (Jonathan Singer)
· IA-03: Two potential challengers for Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· NJ-Gov: Daggett Goes After Christie and Corzine (Jonathan Singer)