My friend Carol was quick to remind me this morning of the words of Molly Ivins.

First rule: No gloating. Actually, there is gloating allowed, but only in the exclusive presence of other Democrats. Gloating in the face of Republicans is rude and unsportsmanlike, and just gives them one more thing to complain about. Also, remember there is a possibility there may be some Republicans on the civil service staff—I have seen this when the R’s win—and it is really not good manners to watch them wailing around with their eyes brimming with tears.

Does this mean that I have to take my life-sized Obama off the front porch so that when my Republican neighbor across the street pulled out of his driveway this morning, that’s the first thing he saw?   Forgive me, Molly, I just can’t help myself.   It has to stay a couple more days.

My coffee this morning tasted so much better drank from a new celebratory mug.  (Thank you, Bubba.)

And last night when my rowdy friends heard that Colorado passed legalization of marijuana, we all immediate stood up and shouted, “Road trip!”  We probably would have left last night if we could have found a van with daisies painted on it.

It was glorious to awaken this morning knowing that my United States Senate has binders full of women in it.  And, it was such fun to see Todd Akin get “legitimately raped” by Claire McCaskill.

I’m gonna gloat, dammit.

P.S. I forget to mention that Republicans lost their super-majority hold on the Texas House.  That there is what we call hard down excellent news.

Thanks to Bryan, Aggieland Liz,  and Carol for the assorted heads up.