Most everything I wanted in my state came through. Got rid of a conservative, replaced with someone more liberal. Got the stem cell initiative passed (I want to live longer). Got minimum wage raised, which should help out the poorest folks. No extra taxes on smokes (they're already high enough). All-in-all, I'm happy that I voted, and even happier that pretty much everything I voted for passed (or the things I voted against failed).

Am I happy that the three states with marijuana-related initatives didn't pass those? Of course not. But the real problem there lies with the federal government anyway, and liberals are more concerned with personal freedoms and civil liberties than conservatives, especially religious conservatives, so I feel progress has been made. I mean, our new speaker of the house, her district is the most liberal freedom-loving city in the country, and she is both smart and outspoken, so I think she can make a real difference.

For those who sit on their voting rights rather than using them, that's cool with me, as it just makes my own vote have more effect. Heck, if nobody BUT me would vote, that'd be great, since then I could make ALL the laws!