Well we've finally taken Dave Reichert's congressional district. This was the source of a very guttural and heart-wrenching wail of disappointment from a coworker of mine after election 2008. But now, the ghost of Darcy Burner's political career can finally Rest In Peace.
Ah, I remember the Darcy Burner days. Luckily her losses happened in otherwise amazing nights for Democrats, so it was hard to feel too bad about it. 
As I see it, this race was an epic battle between two titanic forces, the Democrats' losing streak in WA-08 (an unstoppable force) and Dino Rossi's losing streak (an immovable object).
I've seen the same said, writ large, about the Democrats'
blue red wave in the House and Trump's
red blue firewall in the statewide races. It seems like a reasonable narrative, and while it's obviously terrible news for the integrity of American society, it might be good news for democracy qua democracy since turnout was so high.
