Conservative religious organizations: "This was a significant victory"
So far, few Christian political organizations on the right or left have offered analysis of yesterday's election. Two notable exceptions are Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council. "On balance, this was a significant victory for our pro-family issues," says council president Ken Connor in his daily Washington Update. "Prospects for the pro-family and pro-life legislative agenda, and confirmation of President Bush's judicial nominations, should improve. But there But there will still be plenty of heavy lifting to do in the Senate, where Democrats can be expected to exploit the rules to block pro-family legislation. Among the states, several ballot initiatives of interest were decided. Medical marijuana measures failed in several states, and Nevada passed a defense of marriage constitutional amendment for the second time. Gambling measures, unfortunately, passed in several states."

Focus on the Family's CitizenLink rounds up several comments that organizations haven't put online yet, including Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum, Gary Bauer's Campaign for Working Families, and American Renewal (Family Research Council's partisan political action committee).

Everyone seems to agree that it's a big victory for the prolife movement.

"What this means is that the pro-family, pro-life legislation that was blocked in the Senate this session can be brought up next session with the knowledge that they will pass both houses and be signed by President Bush," Focus on the Family public policy issues analyst David Varnam says. "That means that we can get a partial-birth abortion ban, confirm conservative judges and not allow bad legislation to come up. … Pro-family ...