The Democrats' bash  The lights went out in Democratic candidate
Bonnie Eisler's house just before the polls closed Nov. 2 and
the last of Nassau County's voters finished jamming their
wrenches into the Republican machine.  It turned out to be a
symbolic moment, like Joshua halting the travel of the sun and
moon so the Israelites could win a battle, or the Greek gods
fashioning the cosmos out of chaos. You'd need that kind of
symbolism to describe the effects of the earthquake that twisted
Long Island politics into an unrecognizable shape, swapping
north for south, submerging some tectonic plates while lifting
others into mountains, damming the river of power that had
flowed into the GOP ocean seemingly since time began.  But just
then, for Eisler, the blackout was nothing more than the
consequence of an autumn storm that washed over Woodbury streets
and toppled power lines. The candidate for Oyster Bay Town Board
had just wrapped up weeks of round-the-clock campaigning and was
determined to reach the Democra