Gee, kind of like when a candidate expresses conservatism he/she wins?
Forget your single malt toast, the proper toast for this is with tequila.
This celebration may well last several days, so sure, I'll dust off a nice bottle of anejo tequila. But there's nothing wrong with the now numerous Texas distilling companies' products (from *this* side of the border) to bid Dewhurst "Hit the road, loser!" ;-)