“It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.”–Eugene McCarthy

I was disappointed that Beau Hicks and Duane Burghard weren’t able to ride into office on yesterday’s Democratic wave. These two Democrats were running “David vs. Goliath” races against well funded Republican incumbents. Both Hicks and Burghard good campaigns. If you have Hicks and/or Burghard campaign signs in your yard, save those signs. Beau Hicks and Duane Burghard will be back in two years!

The good news just keeps coming about the Democratic victory is the U.S. House of Representatives. We have now picked up twenty-eight seats. The current count is 230 for the Dems and 194 for the G.O.P. There still remains 11 out of 435 seats to be decided.

Yesterday was an amazing day for Democrats. Missouri has Democrat Claire McCaskill as U.S. Senator elect. Democrat Susan Montee will be our new State Auditor. Northeast Missouri will be sending Wes Shoemyer to the state senate. Democrat Paul Quinn will fill Wes’s old House seat for the 9th District. Tom Shively will replace Republican Kathy Chinn as state rep for 8th District. Democrat Rebecca McClanahan won the race for 2nd District–the seat vacated by Republican Bob Behnen. Rachel Bringer was re-elected as rep from the 6th District.

Locally Russ Steele was re-elected as Circuit Judge. Democratic office holders did well on the county level.

On the national level, Democrats have taken back the U.S. House of Representative. We are waiting for official results from Virginia and Montana , but it looks like we’ve also got control of the Senate. Democrats won the majority of yesterday’s governor races.

Happy days are here again!!!

It’s three more hours until the polls close.  If you haven’t voted, you still have time.  But don’t wait until the last minute..turn out today is heavy and you may have to wait to cast your ballot.

Today is my daughter’s sixteenth birthday. This morning she opened B-Day gifts and I ask her if there was anything else that she wanted. She grinned and said that she hoped that lots of Democrats vote today.  That’s my girl!!!

There is less than twenty-four hours to go until Election Day. Keep the faith,keep on working, get out the vote.

I’m one of many Democrats who believe that our political beliefs are a reflection of our Christian faith.  I recently found a blogsite that offers insightful discussion of the interaction of faith and politics, ChristianDemocrat.us Blog.  I’ve added a link in my blogroll.  I urge you to check out this site.

A rally for Duane Burghard, Navy veteran and Democratic nominee for Congress (Missouri 9th), will be held on Saturday Nov. 4th at the Winston Churchill Memorial in Fulton, Missouri. The rally will feature Colonel Dick Klass, USAF(Ret), Executive Director of VETPAC. The rally will begin at 4:30p.m.

Directions: Take Interstate 70 to Kingdom City Exit (Exit 14 and US Highway 54 south towards Jefferson City. Go approximately seven miles. Get off at Martin Luther King Drive/4th Street. Turn east (left) at top of the ramp. Go about 3 miles to Westminster Ave. Turn north (left). Memorial is at 501 Westerminster Ave.

“The moral test of goverment is how that government treats those who are at the dawn of life, the children: those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life-the sick, the needy and the handicapped.”–Hubert H. Humphrey