Jason Horowitz considers why Barack Obama's winning campaign has (at least until last night) felt like such a depressing affair."

Steve Kornacki looks at what a recent handful of red-state victories for Democrats will mean for the McCain campaign and down-ticket Republicans in 2008.

Eliot Brown has much, much more on Chris Ward, David Paterson's pick for the top job at Port Authority.

And Choire Sicha writes about the chaotic state of city government.