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I feel bad.

Unlike some of you, I did not go canvassing or knock on any doors. All I did, in fact, was blog about the election here and vote myself. Which was surely less effective and impacting. And yet, it may have had more of an impact than I originally expected.

With victory, the Left is entering a very uncomfortable moment at present. Since Reagan, it hasn’t been your daddy’s Republican Party, and now it isn’t your his Democratic party either. Simply, the Democratic leadership made a bittersweet decision this cycle.

It was a beautiful thing.

Last night I was thinking back on my political experiences over the years…

2004 wasn’t quite a total bust. After the heartbreak of 2000, I had steeled myself for nights like this. My wife, who was then my fiancee, threw a party where we watched the results tick in as it drizzled outside.

Oops.

Oh. This just in. Montana went for the Dems. It’s all up to you, Virginia!

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Inasmuch as there’s plenty of good news today — more, perhaps more than we dared to expect — and I do have misgivings about some of what went down yesterday, but don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade… I’m going to just collect all of my negative thoughts in one place.

Relevant Posts:

! 30: Vote.
! 29: Why BOTH Centrists and Progressives NEED the Democrats to retake Congress.
! 28: Last-minute endorsements: Governors.
! 27: Last-minute endorsements, U.S. House of Representatives.
! 26: Last minute endorsements, U.S.

That is all.

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For Centrists…

· Because the Republican Congress essentially legalized torture and dismantled habeas corpus, which were huge barriers between ourselves and totalitarian regimes, and part of the reason why we revolted against the British in the first place.
· Because the Bush administration has lost all credibility in the Middle East.

ALASKA:

Governor: Tony Knowles, Democratic Party.

IDAHO:

Governor: Jerry Brady, Democratic Party.

MINNESOTA:

Governor: Mike Hatch, Democratic Party.

NEVADA:

Governor: Dina Titus, Democratic Party

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CONNECTICUS:

U.S. House of Representatives, District 2: Joseph Courtney, Democratic Party.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 4: Diane Farrell, Democratic Party.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 5: Christopher Murphy, Democratic Party.

FLORIDA:

U.S. House of Representatives, District 15: Christine Jennings, Democratic Party.