Quote of the day:

There was clearly a message from the voters that said, "If you're in political office, it ought to be about public service.''
Ken Mehlman, RNC Chair.

[Ken was silent on why a national political party, one which calls itself the party of values, would need such a message from voters in order to understand the point]

We've won an opportunity, not the war

Congratulations to America and the Democrats for the House and likely Senate victories.  There is some reason to hope that this can stop the slide into a 19th century dictatorship.  But I hope that the Democrats understand they've won an opportunity, a battle if you will, not the war.

Minimum wage proposals win bigger than Dems

While the Democrats had a good night, ballot propositions to raise state minimum wages had a better one: 6 for 6 approved by the voters.

Quote of the day:

Defense officials, on top of them Rumsfeld, failed and so did the American ambassador. Changing Rumsfeld should have happened a year ago because their work in Iraq did not achieve any results.
Hassan al-Sunnaid, a member of the Security and Defense Committee in the Iraqi parliament and a member of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa party.

1+1+1 = 4.2773

Or, let's put it another way: What about today's news just fails to add up?........

Election Day off

I won't be posting anything tomorrow--I'll be chauffering voters who need a ride to the polls from 9 am to 7 pm.  If you haven't already, give your party headquarters a call tonight or tomorrow morning and offer your time doing whatever needs to be done.

Yet another Republican demonstrates what "free" market means

The Republican conga line to the courtroom recently gained one more dancer: recently resigned Palm Beach County Commissioner Tony Masilotti.

Pastor Ted "talks to President George W. Bush or his advisers every Monday"

Ah, such fickle (and feckless) sorts, these D.C. Republicans.  Remember how they--especially the White House--really didn't know Jack Abramoff----until the White House visitor logs and loads of pictures of Big Jack at the White House hit the news?  Well, they're at it again, with Ted Haggard.

The four-point plan for sanity

Okay, I'm sick to death of the election.  I'm sick to death of politics in general, where all statements have ulterior motives for engines, and the only truth is that everyone's lying to some degree. So lets get right to the nuts & bolts.

Media reports on new jobs; once again, uninquiring minds want not to know

All excited about the drop in the unemployment rate?  Thrilled that it's the "Lowest in 5 Years" reported in conjunction with the fact that "employers added 92,000 new jobs" in October??????