I must admit to a certain ambivalence about the ignominious defeat of bible-thumping and money laundering pro-gambling consultant Ralph Reed. On the one hand there's little doubt this a victory for fair-dealing, truth, justice, America, not being a complete knob and various other good things. But I also have to face the fact that it also means the loss of a substantial amount of quality muckraking copy for TPMmuckraker.com.

But here's something else out of Georgia. The votes aren't fully tallied yet. But it appears that Rep. Cynthia McKinney may face a run-off to get the Democratic nomination to run again for her seat.

About a half hour ago the AP reported that "with 80 percent of the precincts reporting, McKinney was leading with 47 percent of the vote to lawyer Hank Johnson's 45 percent."

Johnson is a second term DeKalb County Commissioner.