Forward Thinking  Posted by tbaker |  By Rachel Birdsell  As I
sit here the day after the election, I am so proud of the
direction our country has taken. It seems as though we are
finally starting to see the light. With President Barack Obama
snagging 332 electoral votes and the popular vote, it’s clear
that the majority of us are ready for progress. This election we
elected our first openly lesbian senator. There were at least
eight other openly gay or lesbian politicians elected to various
seats around the country. Next year, there will be a record
number of 19 women holding seats in the Senate. One of those
will be the first Asian-American woman we’ve sent to the Senate.
We made strides toward equality this time around.  But there is
still a chunk of our country that isn’t happy with the election
results. After the initial shock wore off, right wing pundits
started the excuses why Mitt Romney lost the election. I could
save them the trouble of having to make up lies and tell them
that he lost because he di