Good news…

…including some I'd missed last night, from Kos...

Intelligent designers on Dover school board were swept out en masse by the city's voters. Eight sane Dems swept out eight crazy fundamentalists.

In Tucson Arizona, Dems took out two Republicans and reverted the city council to Democratic control. In Washington State, a measure closely watched by anti-tax zealots to repeal Washington's fuel tax was narrowly defeated.

In Maine (as noted already), an anti-gay ballot initiative actually failed. That's something you don't see every day…

…but an important disclaimer, too.

2006 is the real target. We've got the momentum and a Republican Party reeling from its inability to govern. We can't let them regain their balance. We've got to keep them on the defensive, take advantage of every opening they provide to score additional points.

I think it's called "consolidating the victory." I know it needs to be done.

The story of this election is a crushing defeat for the Republican Party's politics of destruction. It's a corner turned, but we've got to keep moving forward. Because, after all…