Top Stories Thursday 07 Nov
MyDD on the Republican plurarity:
The dominant theme: Democrats deserved this, there is no agenda, no vision for the public to follow… the low hanging fruit, it’s all true. The Democrats didn’t have a huge turnout, but neither does the data reported show that it was depressed; rather, just about usual, but that the Republicans were fired up. The Democrats did not lose this election, the Republicans won it; not on the ground, but in the air.
Free Pie had an unsettling but symbolic experience on election day:
I’ve just been prevented from voting.
The polling place for my precinct is in the middle of a gated community, where there are homes in the million dollar plus range. The guard at the gate was instructed not to let any one in that doesn’t live there, including the riff raff who only want to come in to vote. I live about 50 yards away.
I called the police and the registrar of voters. They both told me that they will call me back when they have figured out where I can vote. I hope it doesn’t take all day. If if it takes more than a few hours, I will start making more phone calls.
UPDATE: The registrar of voters called me back in about 40 minutes later, and said that I could go to my polling place.
Ampersand on appeasement’s failure:
