Max Sawicky, who works for the progressive Economic Policy Institute, had this to say about Obama's theme of unity yesterday:

The last thing we need, at a point where the Democrats can establish a decisive margin of political power, is somebody out to unify the country. I fear that Senator Obama is turning into the DLC candidate, in all but name.

Harsh words, but they connect to the biggest thing that bothers me about Obama -- his focus on unifying the country through compromise at a historical moment when Democrats are uniquely positioned to pass massive progressive reforms.  I don't want unity.  I want to crush Republicans so we can pass all the major left-wing reforms that America needs, and that they'll never vote for.  

Before elections, there's always a lot of fussing about whether the polls are accurate, and how they might be misrepresenting the situation.  Afterwards, when all the data is available, the election is over and nobody really cares what the polls said.  But in deference to my past self who was obsessing over the polls, I'm looking at this summary of how each pollster did on the Senate races they covered (thanks for the link, Taegan!).  The following numbers represent the extent to which each pollster overestimated Republican performance on average, and the average error.  As it turns out, each pollster generally overestimated Republican performance. 

Rasmussen: 2.15% GOP overestimation, 3.23% average error
Mason-Dixon:  3.73% GOP overestimation, 3.73% average error
Reuters/Zogby: 1.67% GOP overestimation, 4.56% average error
Zogby Battlegrounds:  5.36% GOP overestimation, 6.45% average error
SurveyUSA: 2.55% GOP overestimation, 5.22% average error
Quinnipiac: 3.67% GOP overestimation, 3.67% average error (only 3 polls)