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Raising a collective middle finger to Citizens United

I have to say, last night was beautiful. The Republican Party outspent the Democratic Party on ads. Super PAC funding heavily favored the Republican Party. I can't tell you how many more anti-Obama (and other Democrats) than anti-Romney (and other Republicans) mailers and commercials I received and saw through the past several weeks. Republican leaders tried suppressing the vote through making voter IDs mandatory and also condensing the early-vote time, particularly in Democratic strongholds. As a Politifact.com study pointed out, Republican leaders lied far more than Democratic ones. Mitt Romney, along with other Republican leaders and  business CEOs, tried intimidating voters in saying their jobs were on the line if Obama won a second term. Even having to contend with all this, the people rose to the occasion - re-elected Barack Obama as President, helped Democrats gain seats in both the Senate and the House - and collectively raised our middle fingers to Citizens United. Thank you. Hopefully, these results will help prompt that outrageous law to be overturned, as well as voter-suppression and intimidation tactics.
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