Tuesday night's excitement has passed. A brief restatement of the results (for those coming in late). I'll list four in broad brush terms, then I'll focus for a bit on the fourth. 1. The Republicans have retained control of the Senate. Generally speaking the seat turnarounds that the Dems thought in their giddiest moments they might get, they did not get. They did not, for example, topple Ted Cruz. That photo is of Cruz opponent, Beto O'Rourke (D), whose 15 minutes may now have passed. 2. The Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives. This likely means that Nancy Pelosi will be back as Speaker (though that is not a certainty). What is certain is that the new management of the House will change the dy namics considerably over the next two years, although any impact it might have upon such matters as judicial confir mations will have to be indirect. There was a fair amount of moaning before the vote about how the national Dem Party had failed t...