Bad news roundup

A few items of bad news:

•  Adriano Espaillat concedes (again) to Charlie Rangel, meaning that the discredited and crooked congressman from new York will be around another two years.  Damned.

•  Moderate Republicans are ganging up on Ted Cruz in Texas.  Friday, Cruz announced he had opened up a 9-point lead on establishment Republican candidate Lt. Governor David Dewhurst.  Gena Bell from Chris Monzel's County Commission office, who helped Richard Mourdock to victory in Indiana's hotly contested Senate race, is headed to Texas at the end of the month to help Cruz. 

• President Obama is making another grab at a tax increase on "wealthy" Americans. Give it a rest, dude.  It ain't happening, not with John Boehner as Speaker.

Let's hope tomorrow brings better news.