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The Valletta Papers on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:33:41 PM
Not all was lost in this election... there is a silverlining. In fact, there are several positives coming out of this past night of darkness. Here are a few interesting articles that might provide hope to any disheartened conservatives.
PowerLine: Not a landslide… No more Democrat ducking responsibility. The next hurricane is their fault!
Michael Novak: It is easy for me to imagine the immense jubilation in the hearts of America’s African-American population. Many eyes will be shining with …. Many will feel arise in their breasts a great new sense of pride, accomplishment, and public dignity. They will feel validated as never before. That is one great blessing of this election.
National Review Editorial: The public has not embraced many of the central aspects of liberalism. President-Elect Barack Obama’s record and positions put him well to the left of any president in the last four decades. But to judge from his campaign, he is a man who wants to cut taxes, defend an individual right to own guns, take a hard line on terrorists in Pakistan, reduce the abortion rate, allow people to keep their health-care plans, and keep trade free. The polls suggest that he was wise to run in this fashion: They show that the public remains as skeptical about federal activism and social liberalism as they have been for years.
Tucker Carlson: Mitt Romney is laying the groundwork for a presidential run in 2012.
California voters approved a constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriages overriding a recent court decision legalizing them.… The constitutional amendment—widely seen as the most momentous of the nation's 153 ballot measures—will limit marriage to heterosexual couples, the first time such a vote has taken place in a state where gay unions are legal. Gay-rights activists had a rough election elsewhere as well. Ban-gay-marriage amendments were approved in Arizona and Florida, and Arkansas voters approved a measure banning unmarried couples from serving as adoptive or foster parents.