Texas: General Elections 2006

The day of the election, TX-22 went to “toss-up” on the NYT’s web site. Hardly helpful. No fears, though: Lampson decimated Sekula-Gibbs. Honestly, I’m shocked Dems took the Senate, though I’m hardly going to complain. I don’t know how much the Foley thing helped that out, but I didn’t think it possible two months ago. While this is certainly a good thing in terms of a fresh perspective, the fact that Bush is being a dipstick already is not helpful. In a press conference, he stated that he had shaken up the leadership in the Pentagon, and since they were now the majority party, it was the responsibility of the Democrats to implement an effective Iraq policy. Wtflip! Nice way to try and squirm out of that one, George. It surprises me that he adamantly states that he thought the GOP would hold Congress. Yes, he’s a relentlessly optimistic, but Jesus Christ, you can’t say that you didn’t see your party losing 28 seats. That’s not even close, like 2 seats. Twenty-eight seats (which, for the record, is not equivalent to 30). The Senate he’s allowed to feel stunned about because, hell, even I can’t quite believe it–and Allen’s conceded and everything at this point. God only knows what the next two years will bring, but it’ll at least be new mistakes and not the same ones over and over.