Picture this: A quiet tree lined street in the suburbs of Virginia, sweet yellow colonial house, pumpkins still on the porch, tired suburban Mom has just sent her children off to school on the school bus. The television is on CNN, it is muted but Soledad O'Brien is talking to Tom Delay and the heading below the screen is "What Went Wrong?"
Suburban mom mutes the television, turns on the music, and by herself, dances wildly all over the house. Leaping over furniture, jumping in the air, doing rotations in the air at possible risk of breaking a hip!
This suburban mom has a secret life as a blogger and she woke up this morning in the great BLUE state of Virginia!!! Raised in red Virginia by blue New Yorkers, educated at the College of William and Mary, she had begun to believe, to hope that her Virginia might just turn blue. She had gone through the Presidential returns of Virginia county by county and it had been close. She knew Webb could win.
I know it is a little premature. I know Senator Macaca will fight us every second of this recount. But at the end of the day, he didn't get the votes; dirty tricks don't win elections. (Hope you heard that Karl?) People who care enough to vote win elections.
So take a minute out of your day, turn on the music, and dance with me. We turned America blue. We restored checks and balances. Let's enjoy it for a moment and then let's get ready to fight some more...