Election Night 2009

The Tin Man  Nov 04 09

This is turning out to be a depressing election night. My home state, New Jersey, has elected a Republican governor for the first time in eight years. (I no longer live there but I do work there.) Maine seems to be rejecting marriage equality. And the Republicans have retaken the governorship [...] Full story...

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