There was only a 6% difference in the Maine vote. The "Defense of Marriage Act" needs to be repealed.

The argument in regard to Same Sex Marriage is generational. It is based in religious dogma and there should be clear divisions between Church and State. This is terrible for gay people. They are healthy, happy people that have the same feelings for each other as heterosexuals. It is so wrong to have them excluded from equal rights to marry. The discrimination against these people whom live in our neighborhoods is silly already.

(Click here for graph )

...Yesterday, 53 percent of Maine voters (click title to entry - thank you) repealed the state's gay-marriage law just six months after the governor signed it, and a year after California voters defeated same-sex marriage by a similar margin. It was a devastating blow for national efforts to expand gay marriage since Massachusetts was the first to allow it in 2003, and a victory for opponents who say marriage should be limited to a man and a woman....

I am going to tell you something here. There is a strategy that the gay community hasn't tried yet. Those that support Same Sex Marriage need to organize to beat the Right Wing Republicans that don't see anything "W"rong with discrimination.

Ready.

They have a limited ability to organize against the Gay Community, in my opinion. They are a smaller segment of the USA populous, about 20% or so. How do I believe this is so? Because, George Bush and Dick Cheney never had more than a solid support of about 35% of the people in EVERY year they were in office. That support waxed and wained and in election years they were able to garner support in the high 40 percentile because of other interests in the country including war and money, etc., the usual Republican bastions.

Buy, when the tide of disapproval weighed in on them their support tanked to about 23%. That 23% never waived. Why? Because they had a vested interest in the 'dealings' of the Right Wing President.

So given that, there is a small, well paid army of Right Wing Extremists that believe they can prove their strength in the USA by defeating issues of civil rights. They are issues loaded with controversy and are wedge issues. I think we know who they are, but, that isn't important. What is important is that the leaders of the Gay Community organize a national strategy that will place the Same Sex Marriage issue on every ballot in every state in the USA in the very same year. The opposition to the legislation won't have the manpower to be in every state in the same year.

What is going on now with the Right Wing Extremists is 'wack-a-mole.' They go from state to state and carry out a campaign to defeat Same Sex Marriage whenever it comes to a vote. This is a huge effort. But, I think it can be achieved. It is worth a try.

AND. Where it can be accomplished, it should be on local ballots as well. Dilute the opposition and win the war.

You know I have to laugh, the Right Wing Republicans will always state they are bigger contributors to charity than the Democrats could ever be. That is true. But. Where is the money going? Toward discrimination and hate? Yep. In some cases.

IT IS LESS THAN DOUBLE DIGITS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE DEFEATING THIS.

IT IS DOABLE.

Maybe you have to make an appointment first. That has not been my experience though.

November 3rd, 2009 7:27 PM
Single payers protest at Pelosi's office (click title to entry - thank you)
Politico
About 50 single-payer activists and labor union members held a sit-in at House Speaker Pelosi's San Fransisco office today where 11 people were arrested, said Chuck Idelson, spokesman for the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee. The group was protesting Pelosi's decision to strip the health care reform bill of a provision that would let states set up single-payer systems and withold a vote on Rep. Weiner's amendment to create a national single payer system.
The amendment to create a national single-payer system would have likely failed, but it would have allowed liberal members to go on record with their support. The provision to allow states to create a single payer system would have been a small victory for a movement that has seen little but defeat so far in this debate.
UPDATED: Idelson says that Weiner met with Pelosi last night so it's not certain that the amendment is dead.

The only real upset in yesterday's coveted elections was the Democratic win of a Federal seat in New York State.

The article at the title to this entry is from The San Francisco Chronicle whom were watching the corrupt media sideshow regarding this candidate.


...Owens gained 49 percent of the vote (click title to entry - thank you), versus 46 percent for Hoffman, and six percent for Dede Scozzafava, who's name was still on the ballot, even though she dropped out of the race....

The seat was filled by a Democrat after 16 years of Republican representation. He will be in Washington, DC soon enough to bring change to the issues of immigration policy. Nice.

The two Governor seats, in New Jersey and Virginia, aren't really upsets. The Virginia race was won by Mr. McDonnell some time ago. In a poll by Pollster.com (click here) there is a graph of the popularity of McDonnell. It really is no surprise he maintained a lead to victory and is really no reflection of the feelings about Democrats as voters facing a midterm election next year.

The New Jersey race was a sincere attempt by the current incumbant, John Corzine, to turn his loss to a win. The Governor-elect Mr. Christie was popular for the reason he promised to cut taxes. New Jersey is in a job slow down no different from the rest of the nation, but, the current Governor suffered some sincere doubts about his ability to lead when one of his administration was found to be engaged in unethical and possibly illegal activity within the government. According to Pollster the race would be decided by a narrow margin but also reveals a wide margin that John Corzine was able to close in the last three months of the campaign.

The strange aspect to this is that Chrisie is believed to be personally involved in corruption. This is the statement by the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. (click here).

"...One such example of the potential for politicization has arisen in the agreement between Zimmer Holdings and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, in which U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie chose his former supervisor, namely former Attorney General John Ashcroft, as the corporate monitor. Pursuant to this agreement, Zimmer Holdings has agreed to pay Mr. Ashcroft’s firm anywhere from $28 to $52 million. Prior to Mr. Ashcroft’s appointment, however, there was neither public notice of the monitor position nor any public bidding for the assignment...."

It may be that the people of New Jersey might have their taxes cut, but, that will also mean a cut in services to them and quite possibly a strain on an already strained economy. They may also have inherited the worry that Christie may attempt to continue to exploit his new win for personal gain at any cost. Christie did not win by as wide a margin as expected, only 6 percent rather double digits, which raises doubts to his ability to stave off his soured reputation even in future elections.