On Tuesday's elections

This year's municipal elections had results I wasn't happy with.  I had hoped candidates like Paula Hughes and Zach Bonahoom in Fort Wayne would win, but they lost (especially after Hughes was smeared by her opponent), and it left a sour taste in my mouth.  A majority of Ohioans voted in favor of a referendum which repeals the law Governor John Kasich fought to pass in order to limit the bargaining power of public unions.  And in Mississippi, a referendum aimed at establishing personhood (and which caused a split amongst pro-life forces as to its merits) went down in flames.

I can just imagine the cheers and jeers from the other side for what they see as signs of more victories to come (although I wonder how the unions' victory in Ohio will benefit them).  In the end, I find it takes a song from Starship to make me remember that people like Paula Hughes and Zach Bonahoom will not go away, and neither will efforts to curtail the leeches that are the unions and protect the rights of the unborn.  And furthermore, I also know there were some great victories (like that of a good man getting elected to the Fort Wayne City Council).  Indeed, to quote from the song: “They play to win, we play for keeps/It's not over 'til it's over/It's not over 'til we get it right”

Win or lose, I'm in it for the long haul.  Now on to 2012.