One week after the election, the surviving republicans are clinging to old habits. Mitch McConnell, Trent Lott... Lamar Alexander, beaten for the whip position, likes to call it a "come-back"; it is more like a flash-back. And it the "nothing changes" category, the testimonies of the intelligence and army chiefs insist on the continuation of more-of-the-same in Iraq and Afghanistan. And the democrats? Waiting for Baker. Or Hillary. Or somebody.