• Same sex marriage bans passed in 11 states. These voting measures were used to encourage Republican turnout.
• The Democrats did so badly that the Senate Minority Leader was booted from office
• Republicans will have a either 54 or 55 seats in the Senate, meaning that Bush will probably get whatever he wants.
• Quoting mefi:

  Senator-elect Jim DeMint: Thinks that unwed pregnant women and gays are unfit to be schoolteachers.
  Senator-elect Tom Coburn: Wants the death penalty for abortion doctors.
  Senator-elect John Thune: Mr. School Prayer Amendment.

And in California: * Three Strikes reform loses * Emergency medical care funding loses * DNA database expansion passes. Now you don't have to even be guilty for the state to keep your DNA on file.

A little bit of hope: * Stem cell research funding passes * Children's hospital funding passes * Mental health care funding passes * Is it too early to put up Obama for Prez signs?