Best News Following the Election

1. Victory for the Democratic Party, although its leaders may not be willing to change many of the Republicans' worst policies, is a sign that even those people who are allowed to vote and those people who actually bother to go to the polls are unhappy with the war in Iraq and not taken by the right-wing shift in Washington or in the media.

2. The abortion ban in South Dakota that passed their legislature was defeated directly by the SD voters, while an abortion parental notification bill in California was defeated by California voters.

3. A Green Party Candidate won the mayoral race in Richmond, California despite the fact she was out outspent by the incumbent 10 to 1.