I ‘m disappointed that Maine voted against marriage equality. I hoped we had this one. Donations and door knocks weren’t enough – yet. And I know that the fight for equality and equal protection for all does indeed mirror the civil rights struggle of the 60’s. Which side are you on?

READ: Ta-Nehisi Coates A Thought on Gay Marriage in Maine - The Nation

Obama is deliberating while the Democrats are indeed dithering.

READ: Jonathan Pitts-Wiley brings down the hammer on ‘please like me…’ Democrats.

This isn’t a matter of beliefs. It’s downright foolish to assert that conservatives never have any good ideas about anything and that the left can do no wrong. Just dumb. This is not about beliefs; however, it is about approach. It is about how one side delivered its message. And like it or not, the GOP got this right again.

They’re like a Michael Bay film: Maybe the dialogue isn’t the strongest, but it’s pro-America and a lot of things are blowing up in a delightfully appealing way. Source: Hope takes a dirt nap: The Right Strikes Back

I knew I’d been priced out of New York City. Even $100,000,000 can’t buy a mandate.

READ: Culture Kitchen’s Liza Sabateur on the New York City mayoral election:

It’s time to say ta-ta to the political establishment. It is possible to beat Boss Bloomberg’s $100,000,000 political machine. He threw all that money away and still doesn’t have a mandate. But you have to get your progressive blogosphere together. You need to ramp up alternative broadcasting and communications channels. And you need to fiercely challenge Bloomberg for the next four years if you want to become the next mayor of this city. On blogs, on YouTube, on Twitter, on Facebook and of course on local, state and national media. Every single week and without pause. As if your political career depended on it because, well … it does.

And what’s your weapon? Affordable housing. Not just for the very poor, but affordable and rent-stabilized housing for middle and working class renters. That means battling out every single real estate deal in the city. That means scrutinizing and outing every single development bribe the city gets for yet another luxury condo or multi-billion dollar office tower. That means working with grassroots labor and tenant associations all across the city. They are you’re ticket to every rental building in the city and to the millions of New Yorkers who never make it to polls because they don’t know what is it they have to loose. Source: What can we learn from last night’s electoral victories and losses?