Last night was pretty amazing. Obama won a second term with a clear and decisive mandate, we didn't have to stay up all night waiting for that one last swing state to come in. And we got some serious upgrades to the Senate last night. That'll be critical for what might be the most important acts of this second term, filling the inevitable Supreme Court vacancies and the rest of the Federal Bench.
Marriage Equality won in all 4 states where it was on the ballot, contrast that to 2004 where 11 states had anti-equality measures on the ballot. We've come a long way indeed. And it looks like in my home state of California we might have secured a 2/3 majority in both chambers meaning we can finally fix the incredibly broken taxation system here.
For the last four days I worked with the CREDO SuperPAC team in Carmichael, CA to take out Dan Lungren. It turns out we won by 184 votes! I'm exhausted from knocking 407 doors in those four days, but it's time to get back to work.
We progressives have a lot of organizing ahead of us and we don't have a minute to waste. Unfortunately John Boehner will retain the gavel in the House by a comfortable margin. He and the right wing echo chamber are already clamoring about how Obama doesn't have a governing mandate. So anyone who thought the Republicans might take a hint from the electorate and try to work with Obama and Senator Reid are going to be sorely mistaken.
I wanted to kick off a conversation about what I think that means for our organizing. These certainly aren't the only things to consider but this morning they are the thoughts at the forefront of my mind.
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