Conservatives: will blame Romney for not being conservative enough. One of the few relative "moderates" left has some insight on that:
“If I hear anybody say it was because Romney wasn’t conservative enough I’m going to go nuts. We’re not losing 95% of African-Americans and two-thirds of Hispanics and voters under 30 because we’re not being hard-ass enough.” – Lindsey Graham
But they’ll probably say that anyway despite two senate elections lost due to very conservative candidates' offensive ignorance about women and rape. Also worth mentioning: the states of Washington and Colorado decided to pursue sensible public policy by legalizing and regulating the sale and possession of marijuana.
Anyway, what about Maryland? In Maryland voters upheld a law giving illegal immigrants a pathway to receive in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities. I’ve recently posted on the benefits of immigration and the difficulties of legal immigration. And education is the ultimate public good, higher levels of education make everyone better off. Additionally, Marylanders voted to uphold the state law allowing same sex marriages, or rather, upheld a law allowing equal access to the legal status given to people who receive marriage licenses. Maryland is indeed a great state, where a majority of people came out to vote for better public policy and the furthering of equality before the law.
In fact election night was a big night for gay rights and equality. After losing every previous referendum on gay marriage, referendums supported it in Maryland, Maine, and Washington; and a referendum to establish a constitutional ban on gay marriage in Minnesota failed – a veritable sweep. Furthermore, voters in Wisconsin elected Tammy Baldwin to the senate. Unless a current senator comes out in the next couple months she will be the first openly gay U.S. senator. All in all, a good night for progress.
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