Darcy Didn't Win... The Election

I was terribly sad this evening to get a note from Darcy Burner telling me she was acknowledging that Reichert had won re-election. Darcy has been a unique candidate and would have made an exceptional congressmember. So many excellent progressives won, many with her help. I started stewing thinking about Frank Kratovils and Bobby Brights and Ann Kirkpatricks and I stopped myself. I remember watching how seamlessly Darcy interacted with these people and I remember thinking how she would bring them along to progressive positions through the power of her intellect and charm. Right now even the Blue Dogs and reactionaries deserve a moment of congratulations. Next time we'll have to fight better and fight harder. Now I just have to fight the terrible sadness. This helped: