The good news is, after 30 years of right-wing backlash and Republican misrule, Barack Obama and the Democrats have won the presidency and increased majorities in the US House and Senate. (Someone might ask, but what about Bill Clinton? I would agree with those who said that Bill Clinton was the best Republican president we'd had in years.)
And as Jeff Fecke points out, this Democratic victory owes a lot to the tireless work of Hillary Clinton.
In more good news, RH Reality Check reports that anti-choice ballot measures on the ballot in several states all went down to defeat.
Now for the bad news. Autumn Sandeen at Pam's House Blend reports that anti-gay initiatives are passing in Arizona, Arkansas, and Florida. She also reports that the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 appears to be narrowly passing in California, though not all of the votes have been counted as of Friday morning. Also at Pam's House blend, Pam Spaulding writes that Ballot initiatives provide a wake up call to the LGBT community about race.
I still remain cautiously optimistic that 30 years of right-wing backlash are drawing to a close in this country. But we do have a lot of work left to do.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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