Long time coming, yes, but still a long way to go

If Barack Obama is really a progressive candidate and not just the new face of the business interests that truly rule Washington, then together with the Democrats that now reign as a party there are some clear goals I’d like to see worked toward:

You’d better have 300,000 absentees up your sleeve, Los Angeles

California Proposition 8 Results by County 2008 via LA Times

The numbers have certainly improved over the course of the night, but I have to say, I’m more than a little disappointed in the results for Proposition 8 in Los Angeles County. I mean, I’m really disappointed in Tulare county, yet that was to be expected — the Angelino vote was the heartbreaker. May your beaches be fouled by runoff until you amend your ways. (Map from the LA Times)