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catscradle Nov. 8th, 2006 11:15 am)
catscradle Nov. 8th, 2006 11:15 am)I woke up this morning and Colorado felt a little cleaner. We elected Democrat Governor Bill Ritter by a nice margin and we have a 4/3 democrat majority in the House. No Senators up this time around, but it's currently a split. This means that for the first time in forever, Colorado is leaning blue!
The Marriage ban passed and and Referendum I (giving same-sex couples basic legal rights) failed. I expected the first, but R-I was a serious blow. It was projected to pass. I said this in the last election and I'll say it again - why the fuck are civil liberties put to a popular vote? But 47% of the population of Colorado thought it was a good idea, and that is encouraging. With a friendly government, maybe next time it will pass - or be upheld in the courts.
There are a few Republican strongholds left. Marilyn Musgrave, the Arch-Dipshit of the 4th district, won re-election. As did Tom "The Racist" Tancredo. The good news is, in many places across the country where the Republicans typically held a comfortable lead, the races were tight. We're not only seeing a narrowing of the margin between the parties, we're seeing a fracturing of the Republicans into two camps. There's the old style Republican - the Reaganites - and the Bush-style Neocon. And it looks like the two don't get along. Thank fucking God.
The stranglehold over the three branches is over. The House has been liberated and we can only pray that in the next few hours the Senate will follow.
The Marriage ban passed and and Referendum I (giving same-sex couples basic legal rights) failed. I expected the first, but R-I was a serious blow. It was projected to pass. I said this in the last election and I'll say it again - why the fuck are civil liberties put to a popular vote? But 47% of the population of Colorado thought it was a good idea, and that is encouraging. With a friendly government, maybe next time it will pass - or be upheld in the courts.
There are a few Republican strongholds left. Marilyn Musgrave, the Arch-Dipshit of the 4th district, won re-election. As did Tom "The Racist" Tancredo. The good news is, in many places across the country where the Republicans typically held a comfortable lead, the races were tight. We're not only seeing a narrowing of the margin between the parties, we're seeing a fracturing of the Republicans into two camps. There's the old style Republican - the Reaganites - and the Bush-style Neocon. And it looks like the two don't get along. Thank fucking God.
The stranglehold over the three branches is over. The House has been liberated and we can only pray that in the next few hours the Senate will follow.
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Wouldn't it be the case, though, that if, say, the Republicans split, they might attract more voters in total? I'm just thinking that some Neocons won't vote Republican because of the baggage from the other side, and vice versa. So offering them a split party where the two parts have different levels of influence depending on the distribution of votes might be rather attractive. Though, thinking about it, isn't that what your primaries do?
In the end it could always be a Republican coalition or a coalition of one Republican half with the Democrats.