Glass half full kind of day

For political junkies of the left leaning persuasion, yesterday was definitely a glass half full day.  In a suburban Georgia congressional district special election, a democratic candidate almost pulled off an upset.  As it was, Jon Ossoff garnered 48.1% of the vote and now enters a runoff election against the republican who finished a distant second.  Of course the GOP and its media enablers along with the chicken littles on the dem side are portraying this as a loss for democrats because of course Ossoff should have won this historically republican district.   We'll see what happens in June.  Meanwhile, we must all bid adieu to falafel Bill O'Reilly who will undoubtedly open a golden parachute after being pushed out of his Faux News sinecure.  The Murdoch family is putting the best "family values" spin on this fiasco, but the combination of misogynistic behavior by O'Reilly and the wholesale defection of sponsors was too much for them to put up with.  As it is, another domino is falling in the continuing disassembly of the powerhouse erected by the now disgraced Roger Ailes.   Tucker Carlson is no Bill O'Reilly, although Fox's mostly geriatric audience may not notice the difference.  However, that demographic is expiring and new viewers are unlikely to be impressed by what is essentially Sean Hannity and the B Team.  All in all, it was a pretty good day for progressives.