Wild Monkeys!

I have been more outraged by the brutal, senseless murder of Dr. George Tiller than by any number of atrocities in the world over the last several years. It cuts to the quick of what I believe in. His blood is not just on the hands of the killer and his immediate ideological allies, but also on hundreds of politicians' hands: the hands of those who have fought to marginalize and ghettoize women's reproductive health care generally and abortion services specifically. They created the climate that led to this killing. Many of them are, with whatever crocodile tears, celebrating it tonight. They are anathema to me.

You have got to go check this out. And then donate!

Hilarious send-up of anti-Obama emails (h/t Atrios).

Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow.

In all last night's (mostly very good, from my point of view) election results, I want to spotlight one thing that especially pleases me: Kate Brown, as Oregon's next Secretary of State, will once again be the highest-ranking openly bi elected official in the United States. As a bi guy myself, I was proud of her in 1992 when she was first elected to the Oregon House (by 7 votes!) -- and the same, later, with the Senate, and the Senate leadership -- and I am even more proud of her today.

http://wweek.com/editorial/3420/10720/

Scroll down to "When Candidates Blog."

Masterful.

Over on the Reed alumni webconference, some folks were expressing dismay about yesterday's primary results. This was my reply:

My biggest concern about Clinton's campaign isn't so much about going negative. It's about her probable willingness, and the demonstrated willingness of her advisers, to run yet another triangulating, swing-state-oriented, overly cautious general election campaign. We need a map-changing campaign that is part of a fifty-state Congressional and party-building strategy. Sure, Obama won't win in Alaska -- but Mark Begich might knock Ted Stevens out of the Senate there. Sure, it'll be a nailbiter for Obama in Missouri -- but Jay Nixon will dominate the gubernatorial election for the Democrats there. (I can rattle off a dozen more examples of key senatorial and congressional races if you'd like.) And these things will only happen if the nominee doesn't run away from the party base. Those are the people who will work to win races, up- and down-ticket. They are the ones who will create a compelling message that is multifaceted yet coherent and that draws in lower-information voters. The general election is a war of turnout, not a war over the mythical moderate voter. Karl Rove proved that once and for all. Now we have to beat him at his own game, not by going negative but by getting better organized. And it is Obama, the organizer, who can take us that far. That's why I was an Obama supporter yesterday and that's why I am an Obama supporter today.

(h/t to The Field)

That was a win.

Argh, I can't get any live streaming of the congressional takeover up here at work. Nuts.

OK, now that we have won this fucking election I have some time to write.

Phew.