Oh frabjus day! Calloo callay! Yes gang, I'm chortling in joy too. And are all my liberal blogging friends feeling beamish? What a night! And the beauteous news just keeps coming. As I type this, CNN is reporting the Democrats now have the Senate 50-49 and might just sneak in that one last seat too, plus Rumsfeld has stepped down. Can it get any better than this?

It can! Because Carnival of the Liberals #25: The Meta-Political Edition is here. Richard at Philosophy, et cetera brings us 10 shining examples of high level political thinking. I'm always worried that these narrowly themed editions won't attract very many submissions, and I'm always wrong. What's more, the submissions continually exceed my expectations in terms of quality and thoughtful analysis. So thanks everyone who helps make CotL a success by going the extra mile with the posts they send in.