Bellwethers

House districts VA-01 and OH-05 are holding special elections today. Both are very, very Republican and in a normal year, the GOP should romp. This is, however, not a normal year. I expect the Democrats to have better than average showings in both contests and while I doubt either will win, even keeping these close spells further problems for the GOP in 2008. And if one of our guys should actually win, the Republicans in the next cycle are straight up doomed. At any rate, we will know a lot more about the electoral climate this time tomorrow.