Well, the Stem Cell Initiative in Missouri passed–narrowly.  What does this mean?  Simple: stem cell research can be carried out here, unimpeded by zealots.  This research has nothing to do with fetuses, just embryonic tissue.  How it became such a bizarre, and ugly, shouting match is a wonder to me–but no great surprise.

How do I feel about the rest of the election?  Well let’s put it this way: in political history, I consider FDR, Elinor Roosevelt, and Truman to have ranked among the outstanding leaders of all time.  The same regarding Teddy Roosevelt and of course Lincoln (who was a Republican, by the way). 

Leaders of that calibre can be found again, and will be–we just don’t normally recognize them until long after they’re gone.