Results?

   So, the results from the 2010 Midterms are in, and I'm excited since I voted for the first time on Tuesday, and therefore I feel a newfound connection to politics which is largely unwarranted and will likely wear off  in another seven years of so, as my liberal fervor subsides to a vaguely socialistic disillusionment. I digress. California proved to be an anomaly, remaining very, very blue. Whitman and Fiorina's excessive advertisements and extravagant campaigning ultimately did not seal a victory for either candidate. I never thought people could relate to someone who spent around $160 million on a campaign, no matter what script she read in her speeches. Apparently, I was right, and Jerry Brown is back. I don't really want to talk more about Californian politics, but basically Prop 19 was defeated, which is what I expected (it's a poor law) but not what I wanted (basically, I think that two of the most self-glorified groups are moralistic law-enforcers and stoners who grow their own weed, and I will vote for anything which someone pisses off both factions), and 23 was defeated, maintaing AB 32's environment laws. 20 passed and 27 didn't, which means there will now be a 14-person re-districting committee, which is just strange and I doubt will last long. 25 thankfully passed so now only a simple majority is needed to pass a budget, but 21 failed, which is sad because I think an $18 vehicle license surcharge is not too much to ask and would keep the endangered state parks open.
   Nationwide, voters proved that, no matter what the (fake)-party's rhetoric insists, the Tea Party is not a viable option. It's an extremist faction (eh, that might be too strong of language--they're just really annoyed neo-Cons who sometimes wear tri-pointed hats and aren't witches) without a clear agenda (New York Times discussed this today in an article by Kate Zernike). Ideology can only go so far, apparently: although Rand Paul won a Senate seat in Kentucky, and Marco Rubio won one in Florida, the other major Tea Party candidates (Christine O'Donnell, Sharron Angle, etc) all lost. O'Donnell lost to Chris Coons, who would have lost to a more moderate Republican. The Senate is still mostly Democrat, and Harry Reid still has his job, but the House majority has shifted, with John Boehner being the new majority leader and Pelosi now the minority leader. Tea Party activists are still insisting that in Washington D.C. their members will not be like other Republicans, but more like really stubborn libertarians. The chances of anything getting done at all with that kind of attitude is impossible; it also can't last. Health care reform won't be repealed, and neither will Medicare or other welfare systems. So, basically, the House is going to have a fun, fun new session.