It was a dark night for America, indeed. [View all]

[RandySF]

- The fraction of North Carolinians who showed up at the polls voted to ban civil unions and domestic partnerships just to make sure gays do not marry.

- A right wing extremist defeated sane Republican Richard Lugar and is likely headed to the Senate after November.

- In West Virginia, a convicted felon nobody ever heard of carried 40% of the Democratic primary and ten counties against the sitting black POTUS.

- In Colorado, the Republican-controlled state house blocked passage of civil union legislation.


I guess progress requires that the country be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.