Rising Hegemon
Far be it from me to avoid being the latest blogger to comment on last night's primaries, but in my defense, I don't have a lot of mistresses or out-of-wedlock children available to help me make abstinence videos (Bristol Palin's likely to soon to be released by Vivid Video).
Democrats held the late John Murtha's seat in Pennsylvania through his long-time aide Mark Critz , for what that's worth which will give Politico one less pre-fab column to publish (oh hell, they'll publish it anyway). Blanche Lincoln is going to have to have a run off against the more progressive Bill Halter in Arkansas, where she'll run as the consummate outsider. Good luck with that.
And Arlen Specter lost to Joe Sestak which seemed an impossibility when Specter switched parties. Making Ed Rendell the Dick Morris of people who are not actually Dick Morris. Arlen can now return to his former claim to fame and attempt to tie Anita Hill to the McKinley Assassination. But at least Arlen was classy in defeat. Ed Rendell remained Ed Rendell (as Dick Morris in La Cage aux Fool).
Classy is something that clearly eluded tea party "lap-throb" Rand Paul who managed to not even take the congratulatory phone call of the slightly less insane (and Mitch McConnell endorsed) Republican he defeated in the Kentucky GOP primary.
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]
7 comments:
Man it’s a golden morning. I feel like some Tea Station:
Some like their tea and some sweat when the crazy’s on
Some feel insane and decide that they can’t go on
Some like their tea but you can’t tell how much ’till you try
Some like their tea so let’s turn up the rage ’till we fry.
Seven words, folks — In your guts, you know they’re nuts.
You just know that Faux Spews and all the teablaggers are going to be turning Douche Paul's victory into the biggest revolution evah, while totally ignoring the other rethug losses. Maybe Beck having just signed on with Freedom Works is the karmic kiss O' death.
StringonaStick - Have you seen an interview with Rand Paul? He comes off as an arrogant son-of-a-bitch. This may haev played well to the base, but I wonder how many Kentuckians are going to be turned off by him in the general. Aloof, cold and arrogant.
i sure hope the teabags get all wet in nov.
Plus, Paul supporters were reported to actively intimdate voters at the polling booths.
vox
this was an unexpected point:
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL: On Afghanistan, an issue that hasn’t really come up in this election, though we mark a grim marker of a thousand dead this week in Afghanistan, American soldiers, you know, Sestak is very much on the Obama administration’s surge pro-policy—policy side, whereas Spector raised some tough questions, so—
Plus, Paul supporters were reported to actively intimdate voters at the polling booths.
vox
ooh, i hadn't heard that.
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