First, a quick housekeeping note. As thrilled as I am with the election results, today is easily my most frustrating day I’ve had in nearly four years of blogging. A series of unforeseen tech problems, which are hard to identify and even harder to explain, have caused massive server problems for the last seven hours. They don’t even appear to be finished quite yet. On one of the most important political days in years, the timing couldn’t have been worse and I’ve spent the day tearing what’s left of my hair out. I wish I could say with certainty when all of this unpleasantness will be corrected, and comments turned back on, but rest assured, we’re doing our best. Ms. Carpetbagger seems to believe we’re getting closer. Maybe.<\/p>\n
Update<\/strong> (7:23pm): Comments are back on. With any luck, they’ll stay that way.<\/p>\n And now, for those of you who are able to get to the site, today’s edition of quick hits.<\/p>\n * House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) will step down<\/a> from the House leadership. No big surprise there.<\/p>\n * George Allen’s recount effort isn’t<\/a> exactly a sure-thing.<\/p>\n * Joe Lieberman’s first interview after re-election was with Sean Hannity. I just thought you’d like to know.<\/p>\n * James Dobson was on Ted Haggard’s “sexual immorality” counseling team, but not anymore. Today, Dobson quit<\/a>.<\/p>\n * It’s not exactly national news, but I was delighted to see that Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline lost yesterday<\/a>. That guy was a radical far-right crusader and his defeat will return some sanity to the fine folks in Kansas.<\/p>\n * 32 million votes compared to 24 million votes. No matter how you look at it, that ain’t bad<\/a>. * Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-La.)? You’re my schlemiel of the day<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Another recount in Florida<\/a> with a connection to Katherine Harris? What a coincidence.<\/p>\n * Looks like the media will pick up where it left off<\/a> before the elections.<\/p>\n
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\n* Those TABOR initiatives were a disaster from the start. With any luck, their defeat(s)<\/a> yesterday should end this movement altogether.<\/p>\n