The midterms as seen through the eyes of a DC resident.
While people's attention has been toward the congressional mid-terms, I live in an area where we have no congressional representation, except for a congressional delegate and two shadow senators. In other words I live in DC.
Last week I went with DC for Democracy to the suburbs of Philly to drum up support for Congressional hopeful Lentz (I'm not so good with names) and also for Senatorial hopeful Stupak. It was my first get-out-the-vote drive this year, so it was good to get out there again.
Right now, it looks like the Dems will lose the House but hang on to the Senate. But I am still hopeful that the Dems will turn out strongly enough to hang on to both houses and then could turn it's attention to filibuster reform and also to stem the tide of under-the-table campaign funding. One could always hope at least.
That said, it could go the other way and the GOP could get both houses on Election Day. That was why, when I participated in early voting last week, I voted for a proposal for DC's voters to elect an Attorney General every four years. If the GOP runs Congress for the next couple of years, they'll likely not be too hospitable toward DC's current movements on same-sex marriage, medical marijuana, etc. and the District would need all the help it can get.
Anyway, the midterm season will soon be over (unless any recounts occur), and we could then concentrate on getting the progressive message out there between now and 2012. So what's your take on what I've posted?
Peace out.