Whew!
The elections are over -- that's a relief! My party did well... we certainly sent a message. Here in NM the outcome for our Congress Member is still up in the air though, too close to call.

I refrained from making many comments along the way. The attack ads from all sides were so ugly and absurd that I had to keep my thumb over the channel button on the remote at all times... they weren't worth watching or stressing about. It's a shame that American politics has come to that, but maybe there's a change in the air. I think it's been pretty clear that this administration (or the behind-the-scenes politicos) likes to divide people as much as possible and tear down and accuse any dissenter of awful things. But now the dissenters are a significant number of American citizens... pretty good folk from my experience.

I was fortunate to be in another city in another state over the weekend, watching their attack ads. It was interesting, because they used the same techniques and weird graphics and all, except I had no stake in the game up there, and didn't really know who the candidates were or what they were about. It was just an academic exercise as I watched everyone try to smear each other. So now we have a year or so to back off and observe how the new broom does up there, and gear up for the next round.