Election Day 2010

I have been watching this election season closely, and I am disturbed at the amount of lies and half truths disseminated by the corporate fascist would be plutocracy.  It is my hope that folks will go to the polls today with eyes and minds open and reject the fear-mongering of the unidentified money sources allowed by the Citizens United ruling in the Supreme Court.  It is my hope that Democrats will not be punished for going to Washington and making the unpopular choices that needed to be made to set this country moving back in the right direction after the disastrous G.W. Bush years.  The Democrats started working on difficult problems of this country in 2006, and we need to give them more time to fix this countries problems.

My opinion is that Democrats barely hold both the House and the Senate despite what the pundits say.  I base this solely on the get out the vote efforts of each party.  As a registered independent voter, I have been barraged by both side GOTV campaigns.  The Democrats have a bigger and better organized grass roots GOTV machines.  The Republicans have spent bazillions on their candidates from unidentified shady groups.  I think the people of this country despite disagreeing with some of the agenda of the Democrats can see that they are at least trying to get things done and will barely leave them in office.  The loudest part of the Tea Party is also the smallest minority of the far right.  The mainstay Republicans must be looking for a way to put Pandora back in her box.  I wonder who holds the most regret for the decision to put Sarah Palin on the John Mcain ticket in 2008.