As election day 2009 goes, so goes Wednesday, November 4th.

That means you too, Rahm Emanuel.

Headline from New York’s election results last night:

“New York Democrats Say License Issue Had Little Effect”

And in Virginia, here’s the headline:

“In the Ballot Booths, No Fixation on Immigration”

Okay, so, in Virginia, immigration demagoguing did not help Republicans, and in NY, despite the quotes from party insiders justifying their abandonment of Spitzer as saving the day and a voter quote cherry picked by the NYT editors to

It has come down to this.  I kid you not.  This is what law enforcement has become in the age of Bush.  Falafel tracking (via CQ):

Like Hansel and Gretel hoping to follow their bread crumbs out of the forest, the FBI sifted through customer data collected by San Francisco-area grocery stores in 2005 and 2006, hoping that sales records of Middle Eastern food would lead to Iranian terrorists.

The idea was that a

Hope you all saved all the daylight you wanted, ’cause it’s over. Extra hour for late nite partying tonight! So turn those clocks back and let’s celebrate!With this free gift of time I would like to share what is making me so happy tonight. Virginia Democrats are in the midst of unrolling an unprecedented get out the vote effort for this Tuesday, when we elect our new