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The kind of headline we like to see:

Democrats take control of the Senate

And the kind of lead we like to see:

Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party complete domination of Capitol Hill for the first time since 1994.

And kind of last graf we like to see:

The new AP count showed Webb with 1,172,538 votes and Allen with 1,165,302, a difference of 7,236. Virginia has had two statewide vote recounts in modern history, but both resulted in vote changes of no more than a few hundred votes.

An adviser to Allen, speaking on condition of anonymity because his boss had not formally decided to end the campaign, said the senator wanted to wait until most of canvassing was completed before announcing his decision, possibly as early as Thursday evening.

The adviser said that Allen was disinclined to request a recount if the final vote spread was similar to that of election night.

Yeah, I'll bet he's "disinclined." Since the same Republican vote-denying tactics that Allen used with the robocalls turned out to be felonies in New Hampshire. But let's let bygone be bygones. Probably Allen was only seeking closure. For the good of the country, you understand.