I'm perfectly happy to cheer what happened in Alabama, even in the face of the exit-polls that show just how racist and bigoted the state still is.

Why? Because you cheer the incremental victories. These are the victories that gives the folks fighting the HARD fight the spirit they need to keep going for the long haul.

Yes, the political stars had to align just right for this to happen. But they aligned once, proving it can happen, and can happen in Alabama.