Clean sweep official: No recount in GA-12

Just checking in with the latest and last update in the saga of John Barrow of GA-12, one of the two Georgia Democrats that almost didn't survive their election-day battles to join the new majority.

But it's finally over: Max Burns, the challenger and former holder of the same seat, has said he will not ask for the recount he is entitled to under state law. Link here: http://savannahnow.com/...

This means that the Democratic Party took both houses of Congress without losing a single seat in the process. More on flip:

This latest development is not a big surprise, but nonetheless there was always the outside (very outside) chance that by some fluke the absentees and provisionals would all go to Burns and there would be enough to overcome Barrow's 864 vote advantage.

But it is not to be. And the "most vulnerable Democrat" has won, and with winning, has enabled us to truly say we swept the Republicans in '06.

Barrow is not as progressive as many of us (or I) would like. But he's a true blue Democrat (and I do mean Blue, as in Blue Dog), and he deserves a hearty round of congratulations for his hard-fought victory.