First the bad news…

It appears that that "Dollar Bill" Jefferson (D-LA) has won the runoff election in LA-2. That means there will be a corruption scandal on deck for the new Democratic leadership as they try to reorganize the Congress, clean up the Republican budget mess and launch their own ambitious legislative agenda.

Still, as Darryl points out, it's proof positive against the Republican spin that voters were gripped by an anti-incumbent fever in '06. Even the most corrupt Democrat in the Congress managed to win re-election.

Don't imagine he'll serve out his term, though, before he gets to serve out a sentence...