See also political analyst Robert Cavnar's excellent analysis here, especially the parts about how low voter turnout (41%) in 2010 was not really reflective of the electorate. Last night was a much higher turnout and, when the mainstream media starts admitting reality (or even if it doesn't) indicates a much more progressive country than their breathless too-close-to-call ratings baiting would indicate. Even Obama was moved to awkwardly insert into his acceptance speech, a call to "do something about that" referring to the voter discouragement tactics of the Republican anti-voter Right. As Cavnar points out, the Tea Party movement is a fringe element that has taken over the Republican Party, marginalizing it and guaranteeing a long-term losing strategy. If the Republicans run on the reactionary Right in 2016, they will lose even more badly. By then, the minority shift -- which went overwhelmingly to the Democrats, plus the equally overwhelming women's vote, will ensure the anti-woman, anti-minority party a permanent minority status of its own. Serves them Right.
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