Virginia Elections

(Virginia Gal doing a small Snoopy happy dance), went to bed last night with Democrat Jim Webb leading incumbent and resident racist, (whom I've despised since day one because I knew even then he was a red-neck good ole' boy) George Allen by a small margin, but that is better than being on bottom, no?

Yesterday, I drove up from Richmond to Manassas (about an hour) to vote. It was wild! I swear the line was longer than even in 2004! It took everyone in my family an hour to vote - just because of the wait time (wrapped around the building). My sister even tried to go during a supposed, "down" time, at 2pm, and she still got stuck. But it was such a nice feeling to see so many people out and really taking part in the democratic process!! Also, it is really nice to finally be part of a state that has some say in the direction of this country, instead of being typically red and a rubber stamp for the conservative Republican wing.

After the bitter disappointment of 2004, it is amazing to feel like this time around my vote really counted, as the margin is so small between Webb and Allen, my vote will probably be recounted and Virginia will be in the news for a bit, making a decision on the fate of the US Congress - very exciting indeed!

On a side note - I was sad to see the marriage amendment pass (anti-gay legislation), but not overly surprised, while Northern Virginia, where I live, is a bastion of open-mindness, the same cannot be said for much of the rest of the Old Dominion. Let us not forget this is the same state that for the longest time had a very racist state song and is third in the nation for deaths due to the death penality.