Thursday, October 28, 2010

An interesting phenomenon

When the lunatics take over the Republican/Teabagger asylum the voting population starts to take their meds again. E J Dionne examines how this affects various electoral races across the country.
And the O'Donnell effect has larger implications. Republican gains next week are inevitable. But if Senate candidates on the right end of Republican politics lose here and in most of the other states they are contesting (Colorado, Wisconsin, Alaska, Kentucky and Nevada), conservatives will have trouble claiming this election as an ideological mandate and a sign that the country had moved well to the right of where it was two years ago.

So far, being righter-than-right has been anything but helpful. O'Donnell's nomination virtually sealed a victory for Democrat Chris Coons. In Colorado, Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, after spending the summer under assault from anonymously funded conservative groups, has been closing in on Tea Party favorite Ken Buck. In Wisconsin, Sen. Russ Feingold has narrowed Republican Ron Johnson's once substantial lead.

In Alaska, the Tea Party's Joe Miller faces a formidable write-in challenge from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, whom he defeated in the Republican primary, even as Democrat Scott McAdams battles to sneak through on the GOP split.

Republican Rand Paul has clung to a lead over Democrat Jack Conway in Kentucky, a very red state where a Republican should not be having so much trouble. As for Nevada, nobody knows if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will prevail over marquee Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle, but Angle's bizarre brand of conservatism is the one thing giving Reid a fighting chance.
Some of these bull goose loonies may still win, but it won't be the cake walk that a normal candidate would have had.

// posted by montag @ 1:23 PM
Comments:
"bull goose"
I like that.
# posted by Blogger One Fly : 1:50 PM
 
Tell me exactly what makes these candidates that are running as a Republican/Conservative "looney"?
# posted by Anonymous Capitolist Cowboy : 4:57 PM
 
The Republican/Teabagger loonies all fervently embrace the belief that the US can maintain its status as a premier civilized nation of the world without paying for it. There is no such thing as a Free Lunch Faery.
# posted by Blogger montag : 10:28 PM
 

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