Uncategorized

Oops.

Oh. This just in. Montana went for the Dems. It’s all up to you, Virginia!

END OF POST.

Inasmuch as there’s plenty of good news today — more, perhaps more than we dared to expect — and I do have misgivings about some of what went down yesterday, but don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade… I’m going to just collect all of my negative thoughts in one place.

Relevant Posts:

! 30: Vote.
! 29: Why BOTH Centrists and Progressives NEED the Democrats to retake Congress.
! 28: Last-minute endorsements: Governors.
! 27: Last-minute endorsements, U.S. House of Representatives.
! 26: Last minute endorsements, U.S.

That is all.

END OF POST.

For Centrists…

· Because the Republican Congress essentially legalized torture and dismantled habeas corpus, which were huge barriers between ourselves and totalitarian regimes, and part of the reason why we revolted against the British in the first place.
· Because the Bush administration has lost all credibility in the Middle East.

ALASKA:

Governor: Tony Knowles, Democratic Party.

IDAHO:

Governor: Jerry Brady, Democratic Party.

MINNESOTA:

Governor: Mike Hatch, Democratic Party.

NEVADA:

Governor: Dina Titus, Democratic Party

END OF POST.

CONNECTICUS:

U.S. House of Representatives, District 2: Joseph Courtney, Democratic Party.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 4: Diane Farrell, Democratic Party.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 5: Christopher Murphy, Democratic Party.

FLORIDA:

U.S. House of Representatives, District 15: Christine Jennings, Democratic Party.

MONTANA:

U.S. Senate: Jon Tester, Democratic Party.

MISSOURI:

U.S. Senate: McCaskill, Democratic Party.

TENNESSEE:

U.S. Senate: Harold Ford, Democratic Party.

VIRGINIA:

U.S. Senate: James Webb, Democratic Party.

END OF POST.

MAINE:

State House District 119: Matt Reading, Green Party

Read more here.

WISCONSIN:

Proposal: Marriage amendment: NO.

Read more here.

END OF POST.

Just two weeks ago, when the Tigers were still the potential 2006 World Series champions, the Detroit Free Press published an article about how the team’s success had a measurable effect on the midterm elections. The playoffs supposedly came to the aid of incumbants, in that potential voters were too busy watching baseball to watch, say, the gubernatorial debates.