The one bright spot was going to be for Knowles’ defeat of Murkowski in Alaska, but it looks like that went down the tubes, too, along with pretty much everything else last night. More than half of the people in this country chose that which has an extensive, proven track record of being detrimental to their health, safety, well-being, income, job security, and everything else. They have no right to be surprised, now, when the next four years are more nightmarish than the last four. I haven’t switched from mourning to cold realization of just how bad it will be; I hope to wait that one out a little longer. I thought the bright spot could also be for Barack Obama’s win in Illinois, but that was never in doubt, so it doesn’t even seem as bright. I’d much rather make it stand for the news Amanda called me from Seattle with, far and away the best news I heard all night. I’ll leave it at that.