In other news, Christmas decorations are up in September

Barely have the voting machines cooled off, and they're already talking about 2008:

"My advice to Tim Mahoney would be to rent your place in Washington, because you're going to be one of the top Republican targets," said D.C.-based consultant Todd Harris, who handled communications duties on Negron's five-week campaign.

Negron seems to be the GOP's leading 2008 contender, if he wants a rematch.

Okay, so one of Negron's consultants is threatening a rematch already. Nice. If "bring it on" weren't such a loaded phrase, I'd suggest Mahoney say exactly that.

Interesting who's on the short list to challenge Mahoney and Ron Klein in '08:

State Rep. Gayle Harrell, R-Port St. Lucie, has shown interest in the past. Jupiter attorney Tom Rooney, whose family owns the Pittsburgh Steelers, is another possibility for either Mahoney's or Klein's seat.

Klein presents a tougher challenge for the GOP after he unseated 26-year Republican U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw in a hard race for a soft Republican district. Klein raised $4.1 million as a challenger and will be harder to beat as a majority-party incumbent in a presidential year in a district that votes for Dems for president.

When it was assumed Shaw would leave on his own terms, Republican names bandied about as potential successors included Boca Mayor Steven Abrams, state Sen. Jeff Atwater and state Reps. Ellyn Bogdanoff, Carl Domino and Adam Hasner. They continue to be worth watching as potential Klein challengers, but Atwater and Hasner would have to shelve leadership ambitions and Domino staggered to reelection Tuesday. Wealthy young Delray activist Nick Loeb is another potential candidate.

Hasner and Abrams are popular and could present a decent challenge, although I don't know whether Abrams is well enough known outside Boca Raton.

Still, let's let Mahoney and Klein do their jobs in Congress, and turn off the drumbeats for a year or so, shall we?