An election night to remember

Cheers for our longtime friend and colleague Ira Ruskin, who beat the political crap out of Republican pretender Steve Poizner in our local state Assembly election this evening! This despite Poizner spending $5.8 million of his own money to try and buy the seat. Sorry, Steve. Does the term "loser" mean anything to you, buddy? At last we're free of those insipid television ads, and we have an honest, intelligent representative in Sacro-mental! Good going, Ira, and good luck against the Governator!

Cheers also for Sen. Barbara Boxer, who flattened a hapless Bill Jones in her race. Rep. Tom Lantos also won big. A good night for Peninsula Democrats.

But the night is not complete. We're still awaiting the final totals in the Kerry-Bush race. As of this writing, it's still up in the air. Back with commentary when it's all over.