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Subscribe to RSSLindsey Graham, who is not loved by the right wing, said in a floor speech on Sunday: "The House had a dramatic election. We picked up seats in the Senate. Some of us thought, maybe we could pick up two or three more, but we made some pretty poor choices when it came to candidates."
ALASKA: The Alaska Dispatch suggests several motivations that may be driving Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller’s legal challenge to Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s write-in victory. “Political analysts agree the various motives -- principle, image, weakening Murkowski, money -- are plausible, but don't think they're all wise undertakings. The balancing act between hurting your enemy and hurting yourself is one they're not convinced will work to Miller's advantage.”
CALIFORNIA: CA-11: “California Republican David Harmer has officially conceded defeat to Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) more than a month after Election Day,” The Hill writes. “McNerney was declared the winner by the AP over a week ago and had already pronounced himself the victor, but it wasn't until late Friday that Harmer actually phoned the Democrat to concede.”
MINNESOTA: “The first stage of Minnesota’s gubernatorial recount ended Friday as Hennepin County finished hand tallying roughly 470,000 ballots cast on Election Day and joined the state’s other 86 counties in taking a breather before the State Canvassing Board meets this week,” Minnesota Daily reports. “Republican Tom Emmer still trails DFL opponent Mark Dayton by 8,675 votes… The board is scheduled to finish reviewing challenged ballots Friday and is set to declare the election Dec. 14.”
NEW YORK: NY-1: In the lone House race not yet called, Newsday writes, “[E]lections officials opened another batch of previously contested paper ballots Friday in the close race between Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop and his Republican challenger, Randy Altschuler. After the most recent count was completed at midday, Bishop held a 271-vote edge, his spokesman said, while the Altschuler campaign said the Bishop lead was 264. However, more than 1,400 paper ballots remain to be counted.”
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Senator Graham, you've won the "Understatement of the Century" award. Joe Miller, Sharon Angle, Ken Buck, Christine O'Donnell? Really? Which one was the worst? Being from Colorado, I nomonate Ken Buck. And yet, a few of the "bad choices" got elected. The "least worst" of the bunch, apparently. And then there's Rand Paul. Not sure yet what category he falls into. Time will tell.
Worst? Christine O'Donnell without question. Sarah Palin is bad enough but "Sarah Palin, Version 2.0" turned out to be more vacuous than the orginal.
IW, living in Colo. now myself, I agree that Buck was a terrible choice. But I also agree with DN, O'Donnell was probably the worst of the worst.
Buck is not stupid, but his "positions" REALLY creep me out. Would he have had any luck bringing them to fruition, who knows. Being a jr Senator, probably not, but I'm not willing to take the chance. I was so disturbed by the obvious changes in his positions that took place after the primaries.
O'Donnell insulted my intelligence with her ignorance and immaturity, as Palin does.
All of the above are bad, but of them all, Miller is probably the most dangerous. He is smarter than the others on this "list" of luminaries. Alaska voters know he is a liar and he is sneaky - some of his supporters are proud of it! The fact that Miller still has support after his goons handcuffed and illegally detained/restrained a reporter is beyond me. He is nothing but a paranoid uncontrolled super-ego.
VermontGirl, I'm a Vermonter, too - living in Fairbanks. I miss the politics the most - intelligent and articulate representatives in DC, genuinely working to make life better for Vermonters and all Americans. I saw a clip of Bernie Sanders speaking to the Senate about unemployment insurance on MSNBC last week - compare his passion and insight to burblings of wanna be Palin, O'Donnell, Angle, and even Miller. Wow.