So I am finally back. Other than the Gov's race here in Minnesota, it was a victory all around for progressive people. The Con's are at each other like dog's on rotten meat trying to figure out what happened, blaming each other. Somehow they are trying to spin this into a "victory for conservatism". They ignore a few things. Their conservatism has been a pathetic failure, which combined with criminal behavior and the numerous closeted gays in their party destroyed the self- created perception of them as middle of the road people. Your policies have failed. You have not solved problems for ordinary people. And you have done this while robbing the taxpayer's treasury blind. Now shut up. The people caught on.