Fuck. It's neck and neck for Fiorina and Boxer. Got a bad feeling about that one.

eta: But Nate Silver tells me that's unlikely. I'm going to try breathing.

Jeez, it's been crazy in SF lately. Politics, Halloween and World Series is a potent cocktail for the locals.

megan, I know a number of people who were campaigning against the sit/lie thing. Sorry it's passing. That sucks.

In Washington, a number of "we desperately need money for shit!" propositions are not passing. BOO.

I thought that MSNBC called it for Boxer a while ago?

I'm consoling myself that it might work out okay. People impatiently expected Obama to single-handedly pull us out of the worst economic trough since the Great Depression within 2 years. When they see the Republicans can't do it in 2 years, maybe they'll pendulum right back.

It's certainly feasible. From what I've seen, the Republican brand is still less popular than the Dems. And people still blame the Repubs more than the Dems for creating this mess. (Even Repubs blame the banks or Bush before Obama.) The Dems are basically being punished for being in power and not having fixed it. I don't think it's fair, but it's certainly predictable.

Anyway, the Repubs are blamable again, and the Tea Party candidates aren't going to be any more capable of changing the fundamentals of politics than Obama was, so I wouldn't be surprised if their majority is vulnerable next time around.

Of course he has, it's news, so he'll get to be interviewed, maybe a press conference or two.

Hey, whatever gets to the bottom of this. I want to know who the corporate/PAC imbeciles are so I can ensure they never get another dime of my money.

I dislike the guy, I knew him when he was an AUSA in DC and he was a dick.

DH's best friend is a MC cop. I never heard a good word out of him when he had to deal with Gansler as MC State's Attorney.

It's too bad that he was running unopposed for AG. I would have seriously considered voting for his opponent, just on sheer dislike of him as an individual.

Fucking Kirk.

Who wants to lay bets on how soon ads for the mayoral race start running? Before or after we know who won the governor's race?

Daisy, I was so sorry to hear your news. Peace and comfort to all who knew and loved him.

"You voted for the Republicans--this is what you get."

Didn't we just do that? Fuck.

When is the Mayoral election in Chicago?

I was listening to NPR and there was a suggestion that Republican tactics - if they involve lots of hearings for anything Healthcare related -- may backfire as people start to get a deeper knowledge of what is in the healthcare bill.

Also, that the dems left in the House and Senate are from Blue states and have no worries about supporting the healthcare bill.

And that there is no way in Hell that Obama is going to sign a law that repeals the healthcare bill.

The other thing that made me feel better was that this is the 3rd time in a row that the ruling party has lost the House in the midterm election following that of a same party President being elected. The trend having more to do with preferring divided party rule than being about any particular issue - no matter what is being said.