Even Shadow Senator Paul Strauss had a car in the parade. And a classic one, to boot.

If we were all single-issue voters, a Democratic sweep of congressional races and the presidential contest would be exactly what we would want for the sake of District voting rights. In an article in the Washington Times yesterday, Sen. John McCain re-stated his opposition to granting the District a voting seat in the House of Representatives, arguing that the U.S. Constitution only grants seats to the states. On the other hand, the article points out, a Democratic president and a larger Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate may finally allow legislation to move forward granting the District a full voting seat in the House. Sen. Barack Obama, who has been endorsed by Mayor Adrian Fenty, has expressed his support for District voting rights.