State Elections Are Win!
Washington State Elections turned out WAY better than I hoped. Randy Dorn wins Superintendent of Public Instruction, which is a victory for education. Rob McKenna wins Attorney General, which is a victory for personal rights. Cathy McMorris Rodgers gets re-elected which is a win for energy policy and the energy economy of Eastern Washington. Chris Gregoire gets re-elected to the governorship (and by a kvetch-proof margin this time, THANK GOD), which is a vote for hands-off governance. (Some might say that’s a bug; I say it’s a feature.)
Even on the local level, Todd Mielke won, which should mean someone with a keen grasp of local economics in a position to help make some positive changes in the local economy.
Honestly, I don’t think I could have asked for a better outcome in local elections.
November 5th, 2008 at 7:10 am
It’s a great day for America, too. I hope that a Democratic victory this year results not in replacing the principles of one party with those of another but rather in a new vision for all of us. To paraphrase our president elect, this is not the change we need but rather an opportunity to work together to bring that change about.
I remember how the country was energized by the words of John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Barack Obama won the presidency and will lead the country by inspiring each of us to ask ourselves the same basic question: “What can I do”?
“. . . block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.”