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10:46 AM Dec 4th: New Rasmussen SC poll shows 66 percent believe Gov. Sanford’s ethics are at least as good as most pols. Sad. Cynical. Also not true.
10:48 AM Dec 4th: I believe a fair sample of pols and a fair sample of general public would reveal about the same level of sin. Pols really do represent us.
11:06 AM Dec 4th: “Wave” senators, first elected in good years for their party, always have to sweat out election number 2. Only the strong survive. And the lucky.
10:03 AM Dec 5th: My far-flung UVA friends will want to know that Mr. Jefferson’s Lawn is being covered with snow–the big fat flakes we all love. Pristine.
10:23 AM Dec 5th: Back to politics: New Mason-Dixon poll shows Mayor Oscar Goodman(I) of Las Vegas winning 3-way GOV race w/Brian Sandoval(R) and Rory Reid(D).
10:25 AM Dec 5th: The embarrassment that has been Gov. Jim Gibbons(R) will cause NV to think twice about Goodman. Sandoval still likely favorite in the race.
10:27 AM Dec 5th: Few voters like having their state humiliated by the antics of public officials. If they have enough advance warning, voters won’t do it.
10:32 AM Dec 5th: Sen.Max Baucus(D-MT) joins the rogue’s gallery with revelations that he nominated his mistress for U.S. attorney. But he’s not up until ’14.
7:36 PM Dec 5th: NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg has spent over a quarter billion of his own $ on his 3 elections. NJ GOV. Jon Corzine has spent $131m on his three.
7:37 PM Dec 5th: They hold all-time record for most personal spending. YET Corzine lost in Nov, and Bloomberg had a close shave.Money isn’t guarantee of win.
4:59 PM Dec 6th: Cartoonists have just started morphing Obama into another big-eared POTUS–LBJ. It’s a warning of Christmas Future if Afghan comes 2=Vietnam
10:14 PM Dec 8th: Landslide for Martha Coakley(D-MA). Almost 2-to-1 over Rep. Mike Capuano. Coakley is all but SEN-elect. Nominal contest with R on 1/19.
10:19 PM Nov 30th: MA has never elected a woman to SEN or GOV before. D voters in liberal MA may have thought barrier needed breaking. Glass duly shattered.