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Lieberman's still good to go

Senate Democrats have voted to allow Joe Lieberman (I-Del) to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security committee despite his actions throughout the campaign season in support of John McCain.

Personally, I agree with this decision, and not because the Dems need Lieberman to keep their oh-so-slim hopes of having a filibuster-proof majority come January. To me, this comes as a message that there is still some hope of non-partisan behavior in the Senate in which a Senator can support a candidate whom they think is the best choice for the country, despite political parties. That's not the message they were likely thinking of, and had the Democrats had 62 chairs in the Senate, he may well as have been chucked from the Democratic caucus. But alas, I am far too hopeful.

Did I agree with Lieberman's opposition to the Obama campaign? Of course not, but it was his choice to make.

Barack Obama is the president-elect of the United States. On January 20th, he will be sworn in as the 44th President and George W. Bush's horrific eight year span will finally come to a close.

This has been one crazy election. Looking back at my archives, I remember the good and the bad. I remember how bitter I got at Hillary Clinton, how little respect I showed Mike Gravel, how uninterested I was with John Edwards' affair (what ever happened to THAT guy?), and just how much I hate Tom Tancredo. And good lord, do I hate Tom Tancredo.

I have been an Obama supporter since before he announced his running back in February 2007, and I am thrilled THRILLED that he has defeated John McCain. While there is no way that he can possibly meet the lofty expectations he now faces, I do feel like the American people have chosen the right candidate. I just wish my family agreed.

So it looks like here at Beyond the Nation, we'll (we being myself and the Google) be looking both back and forward at what this election has meant and will possibly lead to before shifting gears to current events, rather than election issues.

I can't believe it's finally done. I'm so excited.

VICTORY!!!!!

BARACK OBAMA HAS BEEN PROJECTED AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Election day! Go vote!

After this ridiculous amount of time, election day is finally here.

If you're registered, go vote! There's no reason not to.

Real quick

According to this MSNBC post, Sarah Palin is heading home to Alaska on Monday night so she can vote Tuesday morning before heading to the election day festivities. Do you think she's going to be voting for Ted Stevens?

Convict runs for Senate

Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has been found guilty of seven counts of corruption. No one really seems to be talking about what kind of punishment that will get, but that doesn't hide the fact that he's guilty. It's done.

Of course, Stevens still maintains his innocence and not only swears to fight on, but says he will continue his reelection campaign. You have to give him something for his bravado (and while you're at it, give me something for my nonsense blog Penguin Bravado) - while he is not the first Senator in office to go and get himself convicted of a crime, he has become the first that has sought reelection with said conviction. Good for him, I sarcastically say. What I'm not saying is that I think he'll take the victory.

While things like this often go away with time (Larry Craig is still in office, after all), time is not something Republicans have right now. The election is one week from today, and they do not need the words guilty and corruption floating around. There are a number of insanely close races for Senate spots and some are seeing a possibility of Democrats gaining the filibuster-proof majority of 60. That would get a tad ker-aaaaazy.

I'd give the moral of the story here, but I'll wait to see how Stevens' election turns out next week. To show how serious it is in this election season, though, both John McCain and Sarah Palin (who is the Governor of Stevens' state, if you'd forgotten) have called for his resignation. Damn.