I really wanted Bonilla to win, but I feared that, if he did, conservatives would get self-satisfied and think that there are no changes needed. The silver lining here may be that the GOP will be forced to realize that we can't just pretend that everything is hunky-dory and make no changes. And, by changes, I am thinking about Iraq, in particular.
I may be that Bonilla lost the day the district was revised, but I believe he lost because of what has happened since Nov. 7 -- absolutely nothing helpful to Republicans. South San Antonio though is as Democrat as San Francisco.