Here we are

Two years ago, the morning after Democrats retook the House (and later the Senate), I posted this picture, of then-newly elected Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), a surprise upset winner:

I think we have about the same feeling today. Barack Obama is president-elect, conservative candidates have been repudiated across the United States, and we're looking right into the eyes of history. Woah.

There will be time later to evaluate what this election means for our politics and country, though plenty of people are trying -- and I'll give my shot at it in tomorrow's Indy, so my parents many fans will want to watch out for that. (UPDATE: Here it is.)

BUT RIGHT NOW, we should just breathe a little and realize what's happened: we won and they lost. Right now the Republican Party is morally and ideologically bankrupt, internally divided, and as politically powerless as it's been since Watergate if not the Great Depression; meanwhile the Democratic Party is poised to, finally, enact substantive legislative change to bring America's government and infrastructure into the 21st century. This is unquestionably a good thing. So for those of us who've been campaigning so long, for those of us who supported Howard Dean way back when and his pipe dream of building a national grassroots party, the hell with somber reflection today. Today, we are the winners, and we're going to goddamn Disneyland. Tell your friends.

Another old video...

I couldn't help posting this:

I stumbled across it while writing my paper...which I should get back to...