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LIVE BLOGGING — ELECTION NIGHT 11 PM

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[Please note that since Bruce has gone to bed, I’ll be doing our live-blogging solo from now on. —Dan]

While it’s become increasingly clear now that the Democrats will take the House, it’s becoming just as clear that this is not a victory for liberalism, given the number of conservative Democrats who are picking off GOP seats. This election could well mark the return of the yellow-dog Democrat.

According to Brit Hume, the Washington Post has pulled its projection of Ben Cardin’s victory in Maryland.

Fox is projecting what most had been assuming that the Democrats will take control of the House. The Democrats have won not as did the GOP twelve years ago by running on a platform ideas, but hoping that voter unhappiness with the status quo would lead to people voting out the GOP.

Looks like New Hampshire was an unexpected surprise for the Democrats as they won both House seats there, something I had not expected.

A reader just e-mailed me to note that the LA Times called the California governor’s race for the incumbent, my man Arnold Schwarzenegger. Some bright news on an otherwise bleak night.

Just got an e-mail from Log Cabin and learned that the Governor has invited Jeff Bissiri (Log Cabin’s California director) to be up on stage with him when he declares victory tonight.

11:45 PM EST; 8:45 PM PST Small piece of good news for GOP. Republican Deborah Pryce manages to elude the “Taft curse” for her Columbus, Ohio district.

11:47 PM EST; 8:47 PM PST Mahoney wins Foley’s old district in Florida. Well, that looks like a pickup for Negron in 2008.

11:50 PM EST; 8:50 PST I’m beginning to understand how some Democrats must have felt 2 years ago. I really thought the GOP would be doing better than we are tonight. Let’s hope the Democrats are more gracious in victory this year than were some of their number in defeat 2 years ago.

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  3. Looks like Foghorn Leghorn Hayworth is gonna be toast. If that holds, the Arizona House delegation will be split 50:50 – a net Dem gain of two. Yeehaa! Now if only the anti-SSM prop goes down to defeat, my night will be complete. I’d pray but that’s hard to do for an atheist. Maybe I could join the Pastafarians briefly and make an offering to the Flying Spaghetti Monster. 😉

  5. The senate currently stands at (via the banner graphic at Fox’s web site): Republicans 49, Democrats 46, Independent 2. Democrats can win the 3 seats in play and can get a tie but cannot control the Senate.

  6. Now that the media has confirmed that House will be controlled by the Democrats, does that mean the poverty, racism and global warming will disappear tomorrow since those things only occur when the Republicans are in control?

  7. I don’t know why you seem to think that that the Democrats winning as simply the “other party” is some sort of victory.

    When all is said and done, it looks like the Democrats will have swept. That is a major repudiation of Republican leadership.

    There is no doubt now, the Republican Revolution is dead. And I think one could conceivably argue it died in Iraq.

    Bush lied, the GOP died.