Dancin’ In The Streets

I know I’m a few days late with this, but it’s been a busy and hectic week for me. Lot’s of stress and worry on Monday and Tuesday, then the day or so of pinching myself, shedding uncontrollable tears of joy, experiencing delicious Schedenfreude while watching Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchannan whine, an airline experience from hell, and I find myself here on Saturday morning in Chicago and I realize that we really did it. 

Yes we did! Congratulations! Yay us!

Now the hard part begins. The people on the right will not be going away, as much as we all wish they would. They are not the type to say, “Oh, our ideas must have been wrong”. No they will be back. The hate, the fear, and the racism has not been vanquished, yet. We can’t sit back the way we did in the early 1990’s and let them shred President-elect Barack Obama (man, I like the sound of that!) the way they did Bill Clinton. But the Republican Party has been gravely wounded and it will be interesting to watch how they deal with this ass whupping. My popcorn popper is ready.

I am optimistic. A lot has changed since 1993, the last time a new Democratic President took office after a Republican Administration. We have the netroots, which has turned out to be more powerful than any of us could have imagined even four years ago, and we have a Democratic Party that has been re-energized with the leadership of Howard Dean and President-elect Obama. We have an enormous and enthusiastic base of new, young voters who know how to use a computer. We have a flock of new Progressive Representatives and Senators. If We The People stay active and keep pushing hard for Progressive principles we will be able to beat back the right-wing attack that is sure to come soon.

(Video h/t Jesus’ General)