Undo the gerrymandering - but do it in bipartisan committe with the intent of finding ‘natural’ districts which don’t dillute ethnic considerations - consider what the courts have requested - but make representative fair districts - and then set up a committee which will revisit redistricting periodically - make the comittee permanently bipartisan.

Tell the voters Democrats will not try to ‘fix’ an election by redrawing the district maps. They will win or lose on the merits of their performance. Mean it. Do it.

But as of this morning no such seats or mansions switched from Democrat to Republican.

I understand that this is the first time this has ever happened. In every other election, both parties pick up some seats.

Side note: As I was watching the tube last night, I kept flipping between the election results and an old episode of “The Untouchables”. The connection was plain: Federal Agent Elliot Ness was fighting mean spirited bullies back then, just as we are today. The only difference is the venue, and the scale of the game.

Keep up the great work and congradulations…

Of course, what he really means is that he hopes the Democrats won’t keep working and expanding their base while the Republicans continue trying to rebuild their majority-of-the-minority base for 2008.