Update, 01/22/06. According to the folks at Moveon.org, Congress has passed the following legislation in accordance with Speaker Pelosi's "100-hour plan":

The '100 Hours Agenda'
Already Done:

* Restricting lobbyists
* No new deficit spending
* 9/11 Commission security recommendations
* Increase the minimum wage
* Support stem cell research
* Lower-cost prescription drugs
* Cut student loan interest rates
* Cut oil company subsidies and invest in safe alternatives

Next Up:
Passing them all in the Senate!

We can't decide which is more beautiful, the changing colors of fall or the headlines that greeted us on "the internets" this post-election morning. Harrumph: comments italicized in pink are ours, and we approved this blog post. Please note that our tongue was ensconced clearly in cheek, and nowhere else, while writing said comments.

Overheard: ""It's not that the Democrats won, it's that the Republicans lost." (Heard on Air America Radio election coverage attributed to Tom Delay, but can't find source.)

In local news:

• Ehrlich concedes governor's race (O'Malley's March to Annapolis)
• Cardin tops Steele in key contest (Cardin vanquishes Man of Steele)

In national news:

• New! Dems sees big changes as Senate secured (11-09-06)
  • Webb promises 'diplomatic solution' in Iraq
• Rumsfeld resigns as Democrats triumph
  • Defence secretary first top casualty
  • Republicans lose control of House
  • Senate hangs in balance
• Rumsfeld steps down (Rummy folds)
• Hastert bows out of GOP leadership (Turning a fresh page)
• Pelosi set to become first woman to lead House (A woman's place is in the House)
• Democrats take control of the Senate (and in the Senate)
• Democrats win House, promise new direction
  • NEW: Democratic pick-ups projected to be 29 seats
  • Democrats sweep to power in House
  • Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, set to become first female House speaker
  • Ex-House Majority Leader DeLay: "We took a whipping last night
• Democrats win control of Senate, AP reports
  • NEW: Webb wins Virginia, Democrats win Senate, AP says
  • Bush invites Democrats to White House, promises "new era of cooperation"
  • Control of the Senate hinges on results in the Virginia race
  • House speaker-to-be says Americans have called for "new direction
• Conyers Hones A Case Against President (The new head of the Judiciary Committee can actually conduct investigations and convene hearings! What a concept!)
• Minnesota voters send first Muslim to Capitol (Dummysfeld thought they all looked alike, at least at Abu Ghraib)
• South Dakota rejects tough abortion law (the people want choice)
• Ariz. won't ban gay marriage (uh oh, now all those Arizona homos willl run for office and try to ban straight marriage)
• Mo. OKs measure backing stem cell research (oh, those fetus-tossing liberals!)
• Voters ok minimum wage hikes (Uh oh, the liberal agenda rears its ugly head)
• Pelosi: 'Tonight We Have Made History; Now Let Us Make Progress' (let us be 'progressives!')
• Nancy Pelosi's 100-hour plan (that's the good news; the bad news is that it's going to take 100 YEARS to clean up after BushCheneyRoveCo.)
• Democrat wins Montana Senate seat, CNN projects (whew, that race was a real Corker)
  • Montana Democrat Jon Tester claims victory in tight Senate race
  • Democrat Jim Webb says he won in Virginia, but a recount is likely
  • Republican Sen. Jim Talent concedes in Missouri
  • Republican Bob Corker wins the Senate race in Tennessee

National and international reaction:

• World reaction: Democratic win welcomed (world tips on axis heaving collective sigh of relief)
• NYT Editorial: The Democratic House: "An Angry Shout Of Repudiation" ("this isn't an election, it's an intervention"--unknown source on Democratic Underground)
• Smackdown! By Independents & Moderates ("send out the clowns"--quote from Air America Radio election coverage)
  • Dick Meyer: Exit Polls Show They Held The Key To 2006's Election Result
• Scandals Scorch House GOP (Founders of the [G]reedy [O]ld [P]erverts party)
  • Democrats Take At Least 13 Seats From Scandal-Tainted Republicans
• GWB 11/8 press conference (in his own words--"that's all folks!")
• PFAW: The Radical Right's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ("we took a thumpin'"--GWB, Nov. 8 press conference)

Related links of interest:

• CBS News 2006 election results (interactive)
• Maryland State Board of Elections (2006 results)
• Rep. Foley resigns in disgrace (Too much page-turning)
• Church forces out Haggard for 'sexually immoral conduct' (Jesus commanded us to "love one another," but he didn't say anything about coveting your neighbor's crystal meth)
• Fox Responds To Limbaugh Accusation (and we don't mean Fox News)
• Sample Ballots in Pr. George's Misidentify Candidates (we're just behaving like Democrats)
• Video Reveals Steele's Use Of Philadelphia Poll Workers