THAT'S ALL FOLKS... The election's over, and so is this blog. We've had a lot of fun tracking the polls, campaign ads, dirty tricks, and down-to-the-wire ballot counts of the midterms here at "Showdown '06." But now that even George Allen has called it a day, it's time for us to, too.

We're shutting down the election-focused blog, but we'll be launching a new staff blog in this space soon. After all, we've got a lot to keep track of now that Democrats will be running Congress, and the prospect of real change might be just around the corner.

That's all folks.