probably the only thing I'll say about the elections

There's really no doubt that it was a big win for Democrats. I only watched the returns come in for about an hour last night. I turned off the TV when I got sick of seeing Tim Russert and Campbell "Foxy" Brown high-fiving each other. Like I said, that was after about an hour. Brian Williams looked like he'd just won the lottery while giving a pearl necklace to Barbara Streisand and Nanci Pelosi. Which, as an aside to all of you who voted Democrat... You do realize that you just put this woman in charge of the House, right?
You do? You're sure now. Ok, just checking. Anyway. Locally, Durham County voters inexplicably elected DA Mike Nifong. Durham voters must have a very, very different definition of "competent" than the one I know of. If you're at all interested in the "Duke" "rape" "case," you should be reading Durham Wonderland, btdubs. This post alone, which does nothing but straigh-up quote the dude, is just astonishing. This one's pretty quality:

4.) Obviously there were some things that we hoped we would have in terms of evidence that we ended up not having.

Also:

2.) How does DNA exonerate you? It’s either a match or there’s not a match.

Hahahahaha...Oh, man. AmI glad I don't like in Durham County. Anyhooters, I think this election is not really a big win for liberal candidates. I think this was most of all a loss for Republican leadership, and second, a win for centrist Democrat candidates (e.g. Lieberman).

Democrats never had a chance to blow this election because Republicans blew it first. Nancy Pelosi and Rahm Emanuel won't thank Bush by name, but they could. The president and his party have dedicated his entire second term to electing a Democratic Congress, from Iraq to Katrina, Schiavo to Miers, Ney to DeLay.*

. . . Emanuel and Schumer went out of their way to recruit candidates that could put the party's best face forward in otherwise-hostile territory. Despite pressure from various interests, they refused to impose ideological litmus tests. The result? Democrats did the opposite of what Republicans have been doing (and what losing Democratic campaigns usually do). Instead of shrinking their tent, Democrats made their big tent a lot bigger.Winners like Heath Shuler of North Carolina, Brad Ellsworth of Indiana, and Gabby Giffords of Arizona are straight out of centrist casting—candidates with broad appeal who have put Democrats back on the map in red districts that the party hasn't won in years.

Yup. I am concerned about what this means for Iraq, though. Lileks says: "if I were an Iraqi I wouldn’t necessarily be booking a spot in the line to the embassy roof, but I’d be checking price and availability."

I, for one, welcome our new Democrat overlords.