There go the heady days of governmental gaybashing and hypocritical morality enforcement.

I pride myself on being a political moderate. I've likely voted for as many Republicans as Democrats.

That said, it's hard not to be excited about today's change in power and the new level of accountability this could bring to Congress.

Here's a description from MSNBC of Nancy Pelosi's goals for the first 100 hours of Democrat control of the house:

The plan includes promises to reform lobbying, enact the recommendations of the bipartisan 9/11 commission, raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, cut the interest rate on student loans in half, streamline Medicare’s prescription drug program and expand federal funding for stem cell research.

Wait a second! I thought Congress only voted on vital things — like protecting us from gays and flag burners and migrant workers! Shame to see that kind of stuff go away...