Yeah Politics! Boo Media!

Hey, corporate, US media. Minnesota just elected Keith Ellison, the first Muslim Congressman (wish I could have voted for him. I love his platform). Seems like a story to me. Where are you? I had to read about it on the BBC.

Hooray for Deval Patrick and Tim Murray. I never had any doubt about his victory (and his double-digit victory over Kerry Healy - "the emu" - according to a source very close to this blog reveals that neither did most of the state).

Back in the early stages before the primary, I heard many discussions about whether Patrick was electable. "I like him," they would say, "But I don't know if I want him to win the primary. I don't know if he can win."

I hate that line of so-called logic. You vote for who you like and you inspire others to do the same (and hopefully to like the same candidate that you do.) Didn't 2004 teach us anything? Kerry won the primary because, according to the exit polls, Democrats thought he was electable. They weren't excited about him. They didn't have a lot of faith in him. What would lead those people to determin he was electable (hey, I liked Kerry back then. Now I just want him to go away and wait to become Secretary of State or something).

Oy vey.

Wisconsin! I'm disappointed in you. Voting to ban same-sex marriages or recognize civil unions. Shame on you. I'm also really sorry to hear that you re-elected Sensenbrenner. What were you thinking?! I'm a little less proud to be from Wisconsin today.

But, hey, South Dakota, you didn't vote ban abortions (and start another court battle). Good for you.

I do have to give CNN kudos for some awesome election information. Your charts and graphs and what not are the bomb. I also love the uber-informative exit polls. You really parsed out those statistics to the nth degree. Nice.