After the party....

Wow, what a couple of days!

All kinds of fall-out from the election, but surprisingly it's not all about our brand spanking new African American President, in fact it’s not at all about our fantastic new President, Americans seem to have taken that in their stride. No, there are a couple of other issues that are causing the fuss.

The after shocks are still rumbling over the passing of California’s Prop 8. There’s a sense of disbelief that the state, which so righteously became the first to permit interracial marriages in the ‘40s, should remove that same right from another victimized group of its citizens.

The understandable finger pointing has fast become finger poking, in a war of the discriminated. African Americans haven’t taken the accusations of ‘homophobia' lying down (so-to-speak), responding with claims that gays have goose stepped out of their closets as 'racists'. Well I guess they've got the 'bova boy' wardrobe ready to go.

The first real test of President Obama's administration is not going to be in the middle east, Iran or Pakistan after all, but Muscle Beach, Venice. He's gonna need to draw heavily on his renowned diplomacy if he's to settle this one.

- There are also a few Senate races being settled. In Alaska, Minnesota, and Georgia, the Republicans have gone and blown it by failing to steal the requisite number of votes on election day, now all three will be placed under the intense spotlight of an audit....oh deary me.

There's a great diary by Kula2316 over at The DailyKos today called 'Morning Reaction: Destroying the "Center-Right" Myth', it's not too long and totally worth a read, it takes on this bullshit about America being a 'center-right' nation.

64% of Americans believe government should guarantee health insurance for all. 51% of Republicans think universal healthcare coverage should be a right of every American. 73% of Americans think large corporations pay too little in taxes. 67% of Americans favor more diplomacy with our enemies. A Quinnipiac poll in July found that 63% of Americans agree with the Roe v. Wade decision. A TIME Magazine poll in July found that 58% of Americans oppose an amendment to the US Constitution that would ban gay marriage. Does that look like a center-right nation to you?

Win or lose, it's all you ever hear from republicans, it's center-right this and center-right that, but WTF is center-right when it's at home?