Our day will come

For all the Donnie and Darlene Downers out there tonight--and with good reason as it's looking mighty ugly for the blue team--keep in mind a couple of points.

For one, I'm not sure I ever remember a more depressing election night than that of 2004, when Bush the Lesser won re-election and republicans had control of both the House and the Senate.  And all night long the pundits were telling us that the country was turning rightward and that republicans might be in power for a generation.

But in 2006, Democrats won back both the House and the Senate--and in 2008 Barack Obama took back the White House in a rout.  It was one mighty short generation.

In 2010 we were told the republican wave bode ill for Barack Obama and the Democrats...but in 2012 Obama won in another rout, we gained seats in the Senate, and got more votes for the House seats (only gerrmandering keep the republicans in power).

In a nutshell, tonight means the republicans have the House and Senate for two years, and nothing else.

And if all else fails, keep whispering "Hillary in 2016, Hillary in 2016..."

It's working for me.

Peace,
emaycee