Cartoon by Ariel Molvig. For more from this issue: http://nyr.kr/T0rtzt

New Political Scene Podcast: Elizabeth Kolbert and Ryan Lizza on why the GOP midterm sweep will mean “a new low” for climate change legislation.

Peter J. Boyer counts Jim DeMint’s victories and his Tea Party team, and looks at a Mississippi Blue Dog Democrat’s bad day..

John Cassidy asks if we’ve somehow returned to 1994, and what that really means.

Lauren Collins on the view from England.

Nicholas Lemann on how Harry Reid did it.

Evan Osnos on the Chinese Communist Party’s soft spot for Republicans.

George Packer reports on Virginia Congressman Tom Perriello’s loss, and what it says about Obama’s future.

Margaret Talbot on the fall of the California C.E.O. candidates.

Jeffrey Toobin on why the election represents a major loss on gay rights.

And more throughout the day.

In April, the photographer Jason Andrew boarded the Tea Party Express III for the final ten days of a three-week, forty-seven-city tour through the small towns of America. The “Just Vote Them Out” tour focussed on the competitive districts of Democratic incumbents, spreading a message against taxes, spending, and big government. Here is a selection of Andrew’s images, followed by a short Q. & A.

Steve Coll and Ryan Lizza will be talking midterm elections at 11 A.M. E.T. Join them and voice your opinions, or leave a question now. 

To do: Vote! In New York, polls are open until 9 P.M. Don’t forget to turn the ballot over for additional questions.

To monitor: Election results. We’ll be watching fourteen tight Senate races and a few interesting judicial ones. Talking Points Memo offers a list of ballot initiatives to keep an eye on. And until the polls close, you can make predictions on the Huffington Post site.

To know: The San Francisco Giants won their first World Series title since they were a New York team, beating out the Texas Rangers 3-1 in Game Five. A bomb exploded at the Swiss embassy in Athens, causing no injuries, a day after the Greek police intercepted four bombs intended for the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the embassies of Mexico, The Netherlands, and Belgium. And Yemen made charges in absentia against Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S.-born cleric who has suspected ties to the Fort Hood shooting, the attempted underwear bombing last Christmas, and the failed Times Square bombing.

To take on the U.S. government: Google, which is suing the Department of the Interior for allegedly favoring Microsoft in the bidding process for revamping the department’s e-mail system.

To spend election day in court: Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader, whose money-laundering trial began yesterday.

To watch: Ed Rendell, the governor of Pennsylvania, uttering what Eliot Spitzer calls “dangerous words” in his closing remarks on CNN’s “Parker Spitzer” show.