Au revoir, Mr. Daschle

This election season, voters across America voiced their desire for change in no uncertain terms. While many, including myself, were predicting a so-so election result for Republicans, the outcome of this election rivals the Congressional take-over of 1994 as one of the greatest Republican victories of the last century. True, Republicans didn't pick up that many seats, and merely held on to the White House. Yet, in an election where Democrats were supposedly going to take the White House and possibly retake the Senate, the victories are huge.

One of the most thrilling victories of this election cycle to me personally, is that in the South Dakota Senate race. Tom Daschle, the outspoken Senate Minority Leader was tried in the balance by South Dakotan voters, who finally found him wanting. This victory for the Republicans is much bigger than a victory for one Senate seat. It's a defeat of one of the most prolific instigators of political faction in Washington. In hard numbers, it's just one seat, but in practicality, it's a victory that will likely give at least a few Democrats more freedom to vote freely, particularly on some of the qualified judicial nominees selected by the President.

Thanks, Tom, for your service, but it is with great glee that I bid thee au revoir.