EDITOR'S LETTER

Adios, Amigos

It's has been a long, strange year, and it’s hard to believe that it’s almost over. It’s hard to believe an incumbent could carry the Texas governorship with only 39 percent of the vote, but then, it has been that

kind of year.

Lame Ducks and Turkeys Coming Home to Roost

• AUSTIN

While the Democrats were sweeping both congressional chambers and turning over half the governor’s mansions deep blue, Texas merely acquired a slight purple tinge, a bruise of sorts. There is a considerable

array of what-ifs to contemplate both in Austin and Washington with this reconstituted set of legislative bodies, wh