Great Work, Congratulations, But We Have Only Just Begun to Fight

Believe it or not, yesterday was not about Democrats winning and Republicans losing.

This fight really has very little to do with any one political party. What we stand for as a nation cannot be boiled down into Republicans vs. Democrats although that is the battle as it was always framed by Karl Rove.

For the last 6 plus years, anyone who was not a Bush loyalist or defense contractor has lost. But yesterday, with some of the best mid-term voter turnout EVER, we did win. Not because of our party affiliation but because we decided to be involved and to hold ourselves and our elected representatives responsible for what America is and how it behaves as a citizen of the world.

As the new banner above states, our real work has only now just begun.

Celebrate today.

Tomorrow, let's talk about what we need to do. Laurels look pretty, but they aren't suitable for "resting" upon. We need to reclaim ourselves, our nation, and our place in the world - not by being vainglorious, but by being responsible, by no longer allowing atrocities to be committed in our name, and by no longer permitting "bully" talk to substitute for true leadership.

And with all that said, I don't think anyone in the city of Burlington, where I spent much of the day, failed to hear me yell out when Donald Rumsfeld's resignation was announced. I certainly made the security people at the federal building on Elmwood Avenue nervous (and I'm just 5'2.. albeit an extremely tall 5'2).

Resignation? Yeah, right, sure.