For the night

Somewhere there is a ray of hope, as of current Minnesota is rejecting the MVST amendment but barely. Patty Wetterling is being punished for breaking her "No new campaigns" promise. Pawlenty is being taught a hard lesson of running as a Republican and governing as a Democrat.

Surprising to me, though, is that the baby is being thrown out with the bath water. Good candidates for other state offices are being rejected, and amazingly so. Jeff Johnson needs to replace Mr. Hatch and yet we have someone of poor qualifications winning.

I can't say that I am shocked that Keith Ellison is winning, I spent many years in the district and the people there are too stupid to be bothered with basic research on their candidates. At least Tammy Lee was semi-acceptable candidate.

The surprise (or hardly that because I expected it) is that Amy Klobuchar, with 20 percent of the vote in, is called the winner. Assuming Minnesota's historical trends for voting, there is still a good million votes to be counted, yet she is being hailed as the winner. Again Republicans typically bring up in large numbers when outstate Minnesota is counted, and as of yet we are still told she is the winner. I think it is a little premature to be putting your drapes in yet Amy.

Aside from that, my previous prediction of Republicans holding control in the House and Senate still appears to be holding true. I am very glad that a lot of people like Chafee and Santorum. Now if only the same could be done in Arizona...

I think, if the blog is still up tomorrow morning I will post a post-election wrap up and we will see everything as the dust settles, and maybe a final thought.

Until then, good night.