Looks like the Democrats are having a pretty good night, given the initial results. Neither party was being very forthcoming about the reasons behind the results. The Republicans would not admit that they were getting trounced in the national elections because they had strayed to far from the middle. The Democrats were a little more candid about why California still has a Republican governor who, ironically, has recast himself as a moderate "Repubocrat" and is suddenly very chummy with the Democratic state legislature. It seems, in my humble opinion anyhow, that either party, if left completely in charge of the henhouse/bank eventually becomes extreme in their policies and alienates the majority of the voting public. Perhaps, we are best off with gridlock with neither party in full control since gaining consensus requires compromise which drives legislation back towards the middle. Either way, a lot of people will be relieved in gaining a little balance in the Federal government.
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