Election Night

It's happening : We're poised for a Democratic takeover in at least the Congress tonight.

Katherine Harris - the woman who was one of the key enablers (as Secretary of State in Florida) of Bush's "win" in the 2000 presidential election lost her campaign for the Senate seat in Florida. Miserably.

Joe Lieberman - aka Fox News's favorite Democrat unfortunately won election in Connecticut after being defeated in his primary election and then running as an independent. I would personally rather have a honest Republican in the CT Senate seat than this turncoat.



Out west, I'm excited by the prospect of Jon Tester winning the Senate seat in Montana and defeating a firefighter-hating opponent.

Great news just now from my home state, with Maria Cantwell knocking off Mike! McGavick in the Washington Senate race. McGavick's DUI didn't help his cause out.

Wow, this is serious

From the Seattle Times :

"As rivers across Western Washington neared or exceeded record flows Monday, evacuations were ordered in a handful of cities and neighborhoods, and emergency officials braced for what could be the region's most severe flooding in a decade.

One man was killed in the flooding, and two other deaths were attributed to rain-slicked roads."

I don't think the bucolic little Sammamish River where I commute should give any issues, but if it does, maybe I should look into picking up one of these bad boys .

I love the rain!

Nothing like the cleansing touch of autumn downpours.