I voted tonight, of course. I came home from work to do my duty by my country and my cat, picking up the car and going right back out again to go and vote and then to pick up thyroid meds for Polly. And on the way home, I grabbed some green apple Smirnoff's on the grounds that no matter how the election results went, I figured I pretty much needed some booze tonight.
I haven't written a word on Nanowrimo tonight, but that's okay. 'Cause I'm watching the election results on TV, and I figure, y'know, that's a tad bit more important. Also, the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert teamup of the Midterm Midtacular took a big part of the sting out of the entire process. ;)
So does the incoming word that it's looking like the Dems are taking the House. I'm particularly pleased that Rick Santorum has gone down in flames, because, well, y'know, fuck him. There are rumblings coming out of South Dakota that the proposed measure to ban virtually all abortions--y'know, the one that makes no exceptions for the health and life of the mother, or for rape or incest? That one?--is going to be defeated. On the other hand, it's looking like maybe eight states are going to pass same-sex marriage bans. Sigh.
CNN's got the Senate count running neck and neck, 48 to 48, with 4 more seats left to call. And apparently over in Virginia, George "Every Time I Open My Mouth Racial Slurs Fall Out" Allen is in the fight of his life. I'd definitely like to see him taken down--and ooh look, Webb's pulled ahead of him. That's going to be a recount scenario for sure. And it looks like a majority of Democratic governors are getting elected, too.
More locally, looks like we have the initiatives that suck (920 and 933) going down, but 937 looks like it's going down too. Damn. But at least we're keeping Cantwell and Inslee.
And there have been the obligatory stories about voter intimidation, though honestly less than I was expecting. And you'd know it'd be my very own birthplace of Louisville, Kentucky that had the news item about the poll worker trying to choke a voter and throwing him out the door--though surprisingly, this was apparently over a dispute about filling out all of the ballot rather than a Democrat vs. Republican thing.
On MSNBC as I write this, they're starting to use the word "tsunami" in describing the situation tonight. Nobody's committing to calling the Senate yet, but there are quite a few surprised noises being made by the commentators.
Interesting evening all around. It'll be fun to see how many recount challenges kick in starting tomorrow.
ETA 9:27pm: Whoops, wait, 937 is pulling ahead. Go, 937, go!
ETA 9:29pm: And oh yeah; there was a syndicated editorial column on seattletimes.com today that I really appreciated. To wit: a letter to the Dems telling them what they need to do with their victory. EARN IT.
I haven't written a word on Nanowrimo tonight, but that's okay. 'Cause I'm watching the election results on TV, and I figure, y'know, that's a tad bit more important. Also, the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert teamup of the Midterm Midtacular took a big part of the sting out of the entire process. ;)
So does the incoming word that it's looking like the Dems are taking the House. I'm particularly pleased that Rick Santorum has gone down in flames, because, well, y'know, fuck him. There are rumblings coming out of South Dakota that the proposed measure to ban virtually all abortions--y'know, the one that makes no exceptions for the health and life of the mother, or for rape or incest? That one?--is going to be defeated. On the other hand, it's looking like maybe eight states are going to pass same-sex marriage bans. Sigh.
CNN's got the Senate count running neck and neck, 48 to 48, with 4 more seats left to call. And apparently over in Virginia, George "Every Time I Open My Mouth Racial Slurs Fall Out" Allen is in the fight of his life. I'd definitely like to see him taken down--and ooh look, Webb's pulled ahead of him. That's going to be a recount scenario for sure. And it looks like a majority of Democratic governors are getting elected, too.
More locally, looks like we have the initiatives that suck (920 and 933) going down, but 937 looks like it's going down too. Damn. But at least we're keeping Cantwell and Inslee.
And there have been the obligatory stories about voter intimidation, though honestly less than I was expecting. And you'd know it'd be my very own birthplace of Louisville, Kentucky that had the news item about the poll worker trying to choke a voter and throwing him out the door--though surprisingly, this was apparently over a dispute about filling out all of the ballot rather than a Democrat vs. Republican thing.
On MSNBC as I write this, they're starting to use the word "tsunami" in describing the situation tonight. Nobody's committing to calling the Senate yet, but there are quite a few surprised noises being made by the commentators.
Interesting evening all around. It'll be fun to see how many recount challenges kick in starting tomorrow.
ETA 9:27pm: Whoops, wait, 937 is pulling ahead. Go, 937, go!
ETA 9:29pm: And oh yeah; there was a syndicated editorial column on seattletimes.com today that I really appreciated. To wit: a letter to the Dems telling them what they need to do with their victory. EARN IT.
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