Some Implications

1. Nancy Pelosi will presumably step down as Democratic leader in the House. Steny Hoyer could be challenged from the left as he seeks to move up to replace her, and he could lose–partly because the defeat of Democrats in swing districts throughout the country yesterday will move the House Democratic caucus to the left.

2. Along these lines: I haven’t had a chance to do the math, but I bet the Democratic caucus now has a higher percentage of antiwar members than before–and President Obama had already lost a majority of his party in the House on the war. So if Obama intends to stay the course in Afghanistan, as I think he does, he’ll do so with GOP support in Congress.