LACK OF POSTS

I do apologize for a lack of posts last night. Although I intended to post regularly through the evening, I was a part of election night, as I had the great experience of spending it at the victory party of our new congressman-elect, Diane Black. She is the first Republican to represent Tennessee's Sixth District in known history!

I now intend to get some posts coming out today and in the following days as the dust settles on the history made last night. One important post to come here is a recap of the state legislative races. I have been looking at the numbers from the states, and I am stunned the national media isn't giving the fallout on these races more attention. In many states, a once closely partisan body has now broken strongly to the GOP. The fallout of the great gains in the state legislative races and in the governor's mansions holds great implications for the Presidential campaign of 2012 and in redistricting which affects the next decade or more. I will be working on this in the next day or so.

INDIANA - U.S. HOUSE

With between 10 to 25 percent of precincts in for the three U.S. House seats in the state of Indiana that have been considered competitive, the GOP is on track to sweep them all. In Kentucky, the GOP is competitive in the two closely watch House races there.

DELAWARE - Coons Camp Suggests Concerns.

Here is a story from the Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire indicating maybe a closer-than-expected race for the U.S. Senate in Delaware. The camp of Chris Coons, the Democratic nominee, is expressing concern about the turnout there, which would likely bode well for his Republican challenger, Christine O'Donnell. I still expect Coons to win, maybe close to double digits, but this is an interesting development. Maybe there is something after all to the President's and Vice President Biden's recent visits to the usual solid Democratic state.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW FORMAT

Readers of this blog will see a new change to the format and the name. The decision was made to focus this blog on the 2010 midterm elections, their impact on the 2012 campaigns, and the importance these elections hold for the direction our nation goes from here. No one who is following these developments doubts the importance these elections hold for our culture, our pocketbooks, our security, our way of life.

Because of this, I am pledging to attempt in my busy life to make an attempt here to report and document on the events in the coming days. I will not be able to post on all the big races, for I am active in this election myself in several ways, but I will make a good effort to post as much as possible.

I encourage you to come back often throughout the next few days as I share what I learn from this day and I share with you the facts I find and my own take on the events as they happen. Have a great Decision Eve and Decision Day!