It is indeed a good day. Here's what I want the Congress to do (from a popularity point of view) in its first weeks in power:

1) raise the minimum wage
2) enact port security measures
3) pass pro-stem cell research legislation
4) do NOT begin censure proceedings
5) do NOT focus on things like detainee rights, repealing Alec's tax cuts, and all the other wedge issues that Republicans scare people with.
6) increase military pay
7) do NOT call for immediate withdrawal from Iraq; there's plenty of wiggle room for changing strategies and timelines and whatnot