Though a bit early for election post-mortems, Frank Rich writes this morning of a food fight that guarantees to paralyze any bipartisanship in DC. "The GOP plot against the TP""Whatever Tuesdays results, this much is certain: The Tea Partys hopes for actually affecting change in Washington will start being dashed the morning after. The ordinary Americans in this movement lack the numbers and financial clout to muscle their way into the back rooms of Republican power no matter how well their candidates perform...."And this: "The main dining room remains reserved for Kochs fellow oil barons, Lotts clients, the corporate contributors (known and anonymous) to groups like Roves American Crossroads, and, of course, the large coterie of special interests underwriting John Boehner, the presumptive next speaker of the House. Boehner is the largest House recipient of Wall Street money this year much of it from financial institutions bailed out by TARP...."http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/opinion/31rich.html?_r=1&ref=opinionUPDATE: 11/1/10; 10:36. Wishful thinking? Perhaps, or maybe not.Nate Silver: 5 Reasons Democrat Could Beat the Polls and Hold the House: "While our forecast and a good deal of polling data suggest that the Republicans may win the House of Representatives on Tuesday, perhaps all is not lost for the Democrats. Heres one possible scenario for how things might not end up as expected."http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/5-reasons-democrats-could-beat-the-polls-and-hold-the-house/