Here's the Bad News

That Barack Obama will be our 44th president is the top story, of course, and it should be. Here are a few downers to temper the enthusiasm. After all, I wouldn't be me without a little tempered enthusiasm...

In Alaska, convicted felon Ted Stevens appears to have been reelected to the Senate. And the almost equally corrupt Don Young was reelected to the House. As TPM put it: Maybe he's been judging Sarah Palin too harshly. In this context of Alaskan politicians she really is a reformer.

In Minnesota, the ghost of Joe McCarthy, aka Michele Bachmann, appears to have won a squeaker for reelection to the House.

Also in Minnesota, Dickhead Norm Coleman has declared victory in his Senate race against Al Franken. The margin of victory requires an automatic recount, and Franken hasn't conceded.

In Kentucky, Mitch McConnell held onto his Senate seat.

The people of Arizona and Florida definitely hate gay people, and it looks like a majority of Californians do too. How do say you hate gay people in an acceptable way? You don't let them marry! Well done, you homophobic bigots.