All any of us are interested in right now are cold hard results, I know, but I hope you won't mind me jumping in before things really heat up with the view from Pennsylvania. CNN, NPR and others have just called the Pennsylvania seat for Bob Casey over Rick Santorum. Senator Bob Casey. I certainly like the sound of that. (And Governor Rendell has kept his job -- no surprise there.)

I have to say after working for five years on a dysfunctional Capitol Hill, it is amazing for me to think about how dramatically the state of things has changed there in the last several months. For a long while, things felt a bit hopeless. As of this minute:

• There is no more Rep. Tom Delay to corrupt the soul of the U.S. House of Representatives;
• There's no more Rep. Bob Ney to obstruct much needed election reform;
• And thanks to the fine people of Pennsylvania, there's no more Senator Rick Santorum to exploit our worst weaknesses and fears.

And that list is only going to get longer as the night goes on.