A Great Day to Be a Democrat

What a great day to be a Democrat. No, this isn't a shot at Hillary Clinton. But with the race all but over, we can all sit back, think about all the great things that have happened to Democrats in 2008, and plan for the fall.

I must disagree with Trend a bit here. He writes, "As I suspect many people do, I wish this were over - I'm just tired of it." I too was tiring of it all, but with little to be decided, I very much now hope Hillary sticks it out. Why? Because this campaign has been the greatest thing for Democrats in my lifetime. Sure, it's been brutal at times. But Democrats across the nation have been inspired. We've signed up new members in droves. A lot of these people are going to stick around for the general election. People in nearly every state have had a voice. Hopefully, the absurd primary system has been blown up in the process. Clinton is almost assured of winning West Virginia by a large amount. Fine. Then it goes onto Kentucky and Oregon. If it ends officially in Oregon, as many are predicting it will, every state but Montana and South Dakota, as well as Puerto Rico, will have had a chance to vote on their candidate. That's just fantastic.

To top it off, we are looking at a potential landslide in the Congressional elections this fall. You may remember that Dennis Hastert's seat went to the Democrats earlier this spring. Now, the seat for Louisiana's Sixth District, which represents Baton Rouge, went Democratic for the first time since 1974 and we are about to pick up a seat in a special election in Mississippi. If we are winning special elections in Louisiana and Mississippi, where can't we win? Awesome.

The Republicans are completely lost. I died laughing when I heard about the House Republican pep rally scheduled tomorrow to get everyone excited about Bush's policies. Would you all please do this every day? Please remind us all of your president and his amazingly successful policies!

So be happy today, regardless of who your candidate is. We had 2 awesome candidates (well, really probably 4 or 5). Only 1 could win. That is Barack Obama. With lots of hard work, he is going to lead us to a huge victory in the fall, not only for the presidency, but downticket races as well. I can barely contain my excitement.