A BIG *SIGH* FOR THE SENATE?

Daily Kos is dignified in defeat. The comments are pretty good too, including some interesting insight from, of all people, Jay Caruso:

Well, as much as I hate to say it, the big winner in tonight's elections was none other than Al Gore.

Gore is the only Democrat who was willing to take on Bush regarding the economy and the war on terror. He can now go out and say, "Hey, look what happened. They (Daschle, Gephardt etc.) didn't speak out the way I have."

Granted, Gore doesn't really have anything to lose at this point, but he's been able to stir the Democratic base. And now with this election night, where there is a strong possibility the GOP could take back the Senate, he'll have that much more of an advantage over his fellow Democrats.

I'd really like to see what Gore does in the coming months. But as for Daschle and Gephardt as minority leaders, dump 'em. TFM proposes replacing them with Robert Byrd and Barbara Lee, respectively. Haha like that'll happen.