tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post1676506203864654928..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: Four More YearsMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-73074933555050830792012-11-07T06:23:00.762-06:002012-11-07T06:23:00.762-06:00So much to discuss. Wisconsin's results show ...So much to discuss. Wisconsin's results show a democratic sweep for Obama and Baldwin (Thank you Tommy for your moronic run, now step aside forever please), but there is status quo for House, and Republicans will have full control of State Government. Minnesota swings all the way Dem, and we haven't even gotten to Pot being legalized in Colorado.<br /><br />Obamacare is coming soon to a health care facility near all of us, so we all had better be prepared to deal with that. As far as other legacies, unless Obama seriously changes his approach, it will be his lone big thing. Love him or hate him, he runs one hell of an election campaign. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-48054093313566496232012-11-07T05:55:57.149-06:002012-11-07T05:55:57.149-06:00Gino,
Looks like she's gonna squeak by.
Pick...Gino,<br /><br />Looks like she's gonna squeak by.<br /><br />Picklesworth,<br /><br />My country isn't what I thought it was, either. Of course, neither you nor I are as able to discern things as Dennis Green. ;)<br /><br />FR,<br /><br />I'm afraid it's going to be more consequential than less, especially in Minnesota. The DFL now has total control. That won't end well.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-83814518671376244262012-11-07T01:19:14.570-06:002012-11-07T01:19:14.570-06:00I second Picklesworth's comment...at least in ...I second Picklesworth's comment...at least in my own neck of the woods.<br /><br />Edina went 0-3 and not even by narrow margins. My family has been in the city for three generations and extremely involved both civically and politically. And while it's been a slow boat to West Minneapolis for years now, this election was like a cultural autobahn - I knew we might get there, just not so soon.<br /><br />My reaction to the statewide and national numbers aren't much except that it's one election. It may be more consequential than many others, or we may say decades from now that it wasn't. Elections are halftime breaks in a game that never ends. I wish we were ahead, but we're not. <br /><br />But for my hometown, I can't share that sort of long-view optimism. And as such, I'm seriously contemplating moving - whereas my previous life plans had me anchored here out of tradition, family and business. Now I think of my hometown like Hebrews 13:14 (even if the context is the opposite): "For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come."<br /><br />I don't want to stick around to see what will come.First Ringernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-86217365701239068282012-11-07T00:36:03.036-06:002012-11-07T00:36:03.036-06:00I'm amazed at tonight. I don't feel angry...I'm amazed at tonight. I don't feel angry. I don't feel personally hopeless or depressed. But my country isn't what I thought it was. At least that's my initial reaction. As Ann Althouse noted, "The people will have what they have chosen, and I hope for the best..."W.B. Picklesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187309512838841997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-74560269832209688052012-11-06T23:47:22.943-06:002012-11-06T23:47:22.943-06:00it will be a cheerful event should bachman lose.it will be a cheerful event should bachman lose.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.com