Courtesy of DCist, I found out about the Post's local blogger invitational. I'm really jazzed to see a major media outlet like the Post embrace blogs and blogging to the level they have, and this is another great step. D.C. has such a vibrant and wonderful blog community that I'm sure they'll find no small amount of people who can step up and write ( Read more... )

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So, Allen has conceded. This first paragraph is killer:

WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. George Allen conceded defeat Thursday to Democrat Jim Webb, sealing the Democrats’ control of Congress and the political downfall of a man once considered a White House contender. (Emphasis added ( Read more... )

The VA election has been called for Jim Webb. It was a squeaker, but four months ago the chattering class was predicting an easy win for Allen. Hell, they were calling him Presidential material. Now he's dusted ( Read more... )

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Spencer Ackerman at Tapped has the conspiracy theory:

At that point -- faced with a Democratic congress, endless investigations, subpeonas, document requests, the whole megilla -- itmakes sense for Bush to reluctantly accept Rumsfeld's resignation and appoint Joe Lieberman as defense secretary. Bush will yield huge plaudits from ignorant pundits ( Read more... )

I went to bed dreaming of a better America. And when I woke up, I found my dream was coming true.

The Democrats have swept the House of Representatives with 26 pickups so far, bringing their total to 228. The Senate is still locked in a brutal contest, with Jim Webb and Jon Tester holding razor-thin leads over two of the worst of the worst, Felix ( Read more... )

The Dems need six TWO ONE more seat to take control of the House. This is gonna be an absolute fight to the finish ( Read more... )

Sherrod Brown is now the Democratic Senator from Ohio ( Read more... )

Think Progress has obtained CNN's exit polls for the Senate races today. Keeping in mind that it's still very early and these results are often highly varied and unreliable, I'd say this looks pretty goddamn good.

UPDATE: Similar results can be found at Joe Lieberman Weekly (aka The New Republican) and The Washington Monthly. When two mags as ( Read more... )