Initial Thoughts After the Tsunami

It went better than we thought.Certainly, my predictions -- which still had Democrats taking back the House and Senate! -- were far too conservative.The final tallies are still in the air. But even with what we know so far -- boy howdy.Democrats don't just win the Texas Senate seat -- they win essentially every contested statewide race there is. Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Railroad Commissioner, four Supreme Court seats -- it's a wrecking ball.Ohio? Flipped. South Carolina? Flipped. Iowa? Flipped. Kansas? Flipped. Mississippi?(!?!?) May well just flip. That doesn't even get into the races that we "expected" to win -- and isn't it fun to treat Georgia and North Carolina as "expected"? And let's not forget Maine. Perhaps Susan Collins should've been more concerned.El-Sayed looks like he'll win Michigan, meaning my most pessimistic prediction (which I made pre-Stevens betrayal) didn't pan out. I'm glad to see it. Ironically, it kind of does seem like AES ran behind other…

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