senators, congressmen, please heed the call

This is what hope feels like? It’s been so long I can’t tell anymore.

It might be a little premature to celebrate yesterday’s victory over the forces of darkness, as the question of which party will control the Senate is still up in the air, but I don’t care. The Republicans have lost their grip on the House, Rick Santorum crashed and burned, and the people of South Dakota shot down their state’s draconian anti-abortion law – all reasons enough to be happy this morning.

I notice that many of the talking heads on the right are complaining that last night’s election results will only result in legislative gridlock. So? Better a congress where the Bush cabal’s attempts to turn America into a petit-fascist surveillance state die a slow procedural death, instead of getting rubber-stamped into law by a bunch of self-serving solons who put party unity ahead of the Bill of Rights. Based on what the legislature has accomplished since 2001, gridlock is an acceptable minimum alternative.

The Byrds – The Times They Are A-Changin’ (from Turn, Turn, Turn, 1965)

Priss and the Replicants – Victory (from Bubblegum Crisis: Complete Vocal Collection, 2000)

The Adverts - New Day Dawning (from Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts, 1978)