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My sources tell me that there were long lines at polling places throughout New Hampshire and Delaware today, and I think you all know what that means.

It’s probably too much to ask that both Ovide Lamontagne and Christine O’Donnell win, but we can always hope, right?

I know this is wrong, but I’m at the point where I hope that at least a few of the real teabag crazies win the general and join “the most exclusive club”. Anti-masturbation diatribes delivered from the Senate floor, non-binding resolutions censuring the amero, and best of all, David Broder columns about how serious all these nuts are.

Update. Politico calls the Delaware race for Castle. It is too early to think about a 2012 Castle presidential run?

Update update. O’Diddy up 11 with 37% in. Remember, though, that historically, the more fickle, extremist districts of Delaware report first while the more moderate, bellwether districts report late. Remember what happened there in the ’68 election.

Update #3. I’m too busy mapping out different scenarios on my whiteboard to look into this thoroughly, but this story from hilzoy looks very interesting. Update within an update, screw the whiteboard, this is awesome.

Update: O’Diddy up by 8 with 65% in. This is a good link for Delaware. The clock is Castle’s enemy at this point; this is the time in the game where you just don’t want to turn the ball over.

Update. The O, the D, the I, the D…..one down and one to go, people.

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262Comments

  1. 1.

    Comrade Jake

    My sources tell me that there were long lines at polling places throughout New Hampshire and Delaware today, and I think you all know what that means.

    This is good news for John McCain?

  3. 3.

    DougJ

    @John Cole:

    If you think I made that up, you give me too much credit.

    With a name like that, how could he not be someone you want to have a beer with?

  5. 5.

    beltane

    With 3.7% of the vote in, Lamontagne is crushing Ayotte. We drove through New Hampshire a lot this summer and I didn’t see any Ayotte signs. The only people voting in Republican primaries these days are certifiable.

  9. 9.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    and best of all, David Broder columns about how serious all these nuts are.

    Voices of real Americans! Reaction to President Obama’s refusal to reach out to co-President McCain! Young women oughtn’t to show their knees in public!

  10. 10.

    Zam

    When I went to vote here in WI I saw a good amount of people at the polls, however they were all at least triple my age. Didn’t stop by the on campus polling locations though so I hope some other young people got out. Seriously half the people my own age I have talked to today didn’t even know it was election day til I asked if they voted. My sister knew but was apparently confused by the ballot, and only voted for Barrett and Feingold (who has no opponent).

  11. 11.

    dmsilev

    According to TPM’s cheat sheet for tonight’s contests, Delaware polls are closing right about now. We should know in a couple of hours whether the teabaggers will have claimed another scalp.

    dms

  13. 13.

    Bob Loblaw

    You’re pretending like we aren’t already there, Doug.

    Jim Inhofe and Jim Bunning are crushed to have their mighty accomplishments cast aside so glibly. So is Ted “Series of Tubes” Stevens, may he rest in peace.

  14. 14.

    beltane

    @John Cole: Word on the street is that he’s a hundred and fifty year old logger and fiddle player who was found roaming the woods near Crawford Notch, like the Sasquatch of the northeast. When he says he wants to take America back, he really means it.

  16. 16.

    Tom Hilton

    I know this is wrong, but I’m at the point where I hope that at least a few of the real teabag crazies win the general and join “the most exclusive club”.

    Lotto entertainment value there, to be sure. Problem is, making the Senate even more of a circus would just turn more people off of government altogether…which, yes, helps Republicans.

    That’s the thing about being a nihilist party: your own fuckups reinforce your nihilist message.

  18. 18.

    General Stuck

    Anti-masturbation diatribes delivered from the Senate floor, non-binding resolutions censuring the amero, and best of all, David Broder columns about how serious all these nuts are.

    Applebee’s America goes to Washington

    wart free

  19. 19.

    beltane

    While considering the results of the New Hampshire race, it is important to keep in mind that a majority of Granite State Republicans also voted for Pat “Hitler wasn’t so bad” Buchanan.

  20. 20.

    Zam

    @Tom Hilton: Definitely gonna have to agree with you, people my age who got excited for Obama now just hate politics because when they started paying attention they noticed nothing gets done and everyone is so fucking angry. Now less politically involved slightly left of center kids are dropping out.

  23. 23.

    Comrade Mary

    As soon as I read “Ovide”, I knew the guy was a goddamn foreigner. I’ve got a Québec baptismal certificate, and I bet he does, too.

  26. 26.

    Comrade Mary

    @Mark S.:

    Christine is going to pull this out!

    Dream on, sweetie. Dream on. (It’s always those cross-legged, modestly dressed unattainable types that get you, right?)

  27. 27.

    dmsilev

    Update. Politico calls the Delaware race for Castle. It is too early to think about a 2012 Castle presidential run?

    So it’s O’Donnell by eight points then?

    dms

  28. 28.

    freelancer

    Via Sully:

    [I]n our poll, we find that voters generally believe:
    1. A GOP majority in the House will improve overall economic conditions;
    2. A GOP House would do a better job than past GOP-controlled Congresses (i.e., the party has learned their lesson);
    3. But, voters want a GOP Congress to work with President Obama and Democrats, as opposed to pursuing their own agenda.

    Jesus Fucking Christ, the only people more delusional than the GOP are the fucking voters. Bring on the Brawndo!

  29. 29.

    Bob Loblaw

    @dmsilev:

    Honestly, they’re probably right. The guy didn’t win ten straight statewide contests in a deep blue state without knowing how to push the right buttons on turnout. We’ll just have to see.

  31. 31.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Update. Politico calls the Delaware race for Castle.

    Damn. I would’ve bet the farm on it, but it’s still disappointing.

  32. 32.

    Davis X. Machina

    If Castle wins, will the O’Donnellites stay home in November? Can they bring themselves to hold their noses and pull the lever for a member of the pro-wanking caucus?

  34. 34.

    Ripley

    It’s slippery and harder than you can imagine, but O’Donnell may just pull it off.

    Not guilt-free, mind you.

  35. 35.

    lamh32

    So…ah.. this means…what?

    Van Hollen and Greenberg on Olbermann

    …Van Hollen Update: Now Olbermann’s interviewing Van Hollen. Talking a good game. Curious whether Keith will press him on the core issue: are they pushing a vote?

    Fail-o-Rama Update: Alas, Van Hollen totally ducking whether House Dems are going to push for an actual vote. Now talking about how they’re going to create a strong contrast by creating no contrast. Could work, I guess.

  37. 37.

    PurpleGirl

    Any New Yorkers who used the new voting machines today?

    There were 3 scanners at my polling place, they had colored cards and different ballots depending on your registration. They need to print names larger. They need to work on the ballot design a bit more. I had no problem putting my ballot into the scanner. It took very little time but then in my Election District there were only two Democratic primary races. I can see a longer ballot taking more time to fill out.

  38. 38.

    dmsilev

    @Bob Loblaw: Yeah, that’s mostly likely right. Still, he’s been in the House for several terms now. I wonder when the last time was that he faced a contested primary.

    dms

  39. 39.

    Guster

    @lamh32: I’m pretty sure that means that the Dems are slipping cunningly from the trap of forcing the Republicans to either

    1) vote for a tax cut and give the Dems a victory, or
    2) vote against a tax cut for all Americans.

  40. 40.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    I would’ve loved to see the phony moderate Castle (I hope he proves me wrong) go down to Whackadoodle O’Donnell, but if New Hampshireans defeat a Palinite, from the looney right, that would be some consolation.

  44. 44.

    tbogg

    @Mark S.: As an unmarried Catholic I’m guessing Christine is quite familiar with the “pull out” method of birth control since the pill is abortion most foul.

  49. 49.

    Linda Featheringill

    Pardon me, but would you explain O’Mentum to me?

    In medical terminology, omentum has an anatomical meaning and I am wondering why you want to feel our omentum? Just to the omentum or all the way down to the peritoneum?

    And is this a new form of masturbation? Or Republican masturbation? Will my other body parts grow jealous?

    Edit: Ooooh. MOMENTUM, probably. Hmmph. I like my version better, even if is in error.

    [sings softly, “Nothing could be finer than omentum in the mooooorrrnnning.”]

  52. 52.

    lamh32

    @Guster:

    Yeah, I think you’re right. So what does it say about the Dem party, when the President is actually setting the right agenda, but the members of his party, are not willing to support him.

    So what resources does the WH have now?

  57. 57.

    garage mahal

    Pakistan is under water, Russia on fire, tens of thousands of walruses are swimming to Alaska to find something to sit on, state sized chunks of ice are melting into the ocean, and anti-masturbation tea partiers will be swept into office.

    It won’t be long before we are watering our crops with BRAWNDO.

  59. 59.

    Guster

    @lamh32: I dunno what to think when self-interest isn’t sufficient motivation …

    I guess it’s either that the super-rich have even more of a stranglehold on the party than I suspect, or elected Dems are dumb as a half-term Governor. Maybe both.

  60. 60.

    noncarborundum

    Feel the O’Mentum

    o·men·tum (ō-mĕn’təm)
    …
    NOUN:
    pl. o·men·ta (-tə) or o·men·tums
    One of the folds of the peritoneum that connect the stomach with other abdominal organs, especially:
    a. The greater omentum.
    b. The lesser omentum.

    I’ll pass, thank you.

  61. 61.

    Bob Loblaw

    The Delaware count is moving fast. It’s gonna be a close one.

    It basically speaks to the utter retardation of our system that there are sometimes 2x more primary voters in a random urban congressional district than in the entire statewide primary in Delaware. The legacy of slavery in this country is omnipresent.

  62. 62.

    Anya

    My fear is that these crazy teabaggers will win the midterm. How can crazy Rand Paul and Toomey be ahead of their Dem opponents? The voters are delusional. They actually think the economy can be fixed in two freaking years and they are willing to vote for lunatics because of that.

  64. 64.

    PurpleGirl

    @beltane: Yeah, the system seemed to working at my polling place.

    (But then I live in a non-profit development and they created election districts by development building so the polling place only handles our residents.)

  66. 66.

    hilzoy

    If anyone wants some amusement, Maryland has a rather inarticulate 18 year old high school student running for State Comptroller on a platform of tea party platitudes. (The Comptroller has actual responsibilities, but this guy’s platform consists largely of talking about how ‘Annapolis is out of control’, etc., etc., and ‘reining in Annapolis’ is not one of the things a Comptroller does.)

    Interview on our local PBS station here:

    http://brendanmadigan.com/2010/08/20/interview-with-maryland-public-television/

    Election results, currently showing him with 25% of the Republican votes:

    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2010/by_state/MD_Page_0914.html?SITE=MDBAEELN&SECTION=POLITICS

  67. 67.

    GregB

    In my NH polling place it was reportedly slow.

    I predict anti-abortion absolutist Ovide Lamontagne will beat the Palinista Granite Grizzly, Kelly Ayotte.

  69. 69.

    Davis X. Machina

    I’m guessing that the Delaware GOP is split right down the middle between Wilmington credit card & chemical money and the chicken farmers downstate.

    Class warfare, internecine style?

  74. 74.

    soonergrunt

    According to the Delaware SoS site a few minutes ago:
    UNITED STATES SENATOR

    86 of 325 Districts Reported = 26%

    REPUBLICAN PARTY
    MICHAEL N. CASTLE 6660 45 . 4 %
    CHRISTINE O’DONNELL 8104 54 . 6 %

    Go you crazy freak, GO!

  78. 78.

    DougJ

    @hilzoy:

    That kind of political commentating bugs me. Of course, they say they feel good. What did he tweet that? It’s such bullshit.

  79. 79.

    Elie

    I have never understood what the implied insult is in the term “Obamacare”. Are they somehow inferring that some aspects of healthcare are sullied by being associated with the President? What aspects exactly? Health care coverage for everyone, prohibition of limiting care for prior conditions? What exactly is the type of health care coverage that no one wants?

    These folks are the dumbest motherfuckas evah! Ok, ok! You don’t want health care? We will just give them a form to check that they want no healthcare coverage, and no coverage for any condition that they had before. We will make sure that they are the first to be cut from the rolls. Then they can go back to paying out of pocket (if they even have that) for substandard care for which the cost is continuing to go up and forget about sharing the burden with the rest of us soshulists.

  83. 83.

    Bob Loblaw

    The DE site keeps crashing, but it’s looking really bad for Castle.

    Delaware only has three counties, New Castle (the one with people in it) and two bumfuck rural ones.

    Apparently, O’Donnell is pulling big numbers in the two rural counties. Shocker, that. Unless Castle absolutely dominates in NC, he lost.

    http://twitter.com/DESenate2010

    http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/scoreboard.php

    http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/live-blogging-primary-night/#more-971

  85. 85.

    Texas Dem

    My fear is that these crazy teabaggers will win the midterm. How can crazy Rand Paul and Toomey be ahead of their Dem opponents? The voters are delusional. They actually think the economy can be fixed in two freaking years and they are willing to vote for lunatics because of that.

    The crazier they are, the better. One of the main reasons people are giving the GOP another chance is they think they’ve learned their lesson, and that things will be different this time. So bring on the crazy!

  87. 87.

    dmsilev

    Two thirds of the vote in in Delaware. Still O’Donnell up by several (8 at the moment).

    Wasn’t she the candidate that Erick Erikovitch wrote off as too crazy for his tastes? Should be vaguely amusing to see the mental U-turn sometime in the next 12 or so hours.

    dms

  91. 91.

    Jewish Steel

    @DougJ:

    Word to that.

    “I think we’ve got a good ballclub and if we go out and do what we’re capable of blah-de-blah-de-blah…”

  93. 93.

    Zach

    I’ve more or less become convinced that the only chance in hell my most important issue (climate change/CO2 emissions) has of being addressed in the few years anything can be done is in the event that the whole country turns on the GOP. So go go candidates who sign on to Glenn Beck’s loyalty oath.

  94. 94.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    Castle had better hope that the outstanding votes are all in his territory. He’s down 3,700 votes with 66% of the precincts reporting. Of course, I also don’t know how big the range is of precinct sizes; there could be a lot more or a lot less than 66% of the actual votes in.

  95. 95.

    soonergrunt

    @stuckinred: Thanks, Stuck! I’ve got good drugs and my chest only feels a little bit like it was cut open.
    I hope the crazies take over the republican party! I hope that Christine O’Dipshit wins tonight, and wins big!

  96. 96.

    hilzoy

    @freelancer: Yeah, except that Crohn seemed articulate and intelligent to me. (Wrong, and definitely too glib — though at his age, who isn’t? — but smart.) Brendan Madigan, not so much. This surprised me: Crohn is the sort of kid I’d expect to see doing what he did, but Madigan is not.

  99. 99.

    Texas Dem

    I’m watching the results from DE and laughing my ass off. But it’s a shame that our only victories are based on the stupidity and incompetence of our enemies, and not the political skill or tenacity of the Dem. party. You can’t always depend on your enemies self-destructing.

  100. 100.

    soonergrunt

    With 81% of precints reporting, according to the Delaware SoS site, as of 8:01 PM CST (9:01PM EST):

    MICHAEL N. CASTLE
    46 %
    CHRISTINE O’DONNELL
    54%

  103. 103.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    It’s now an 8 point lead with 75% of the precincts in.

    Castle 46%
    21,349
    O’Donnell 54%
    24,686

  104. 104.

    Davis X. Machina

    If Ayotte actually loses in NH, what does that mean? You can outflank Caribou Barbie from the right?

    The mind recoils….

  109. 109.

    dmsilev

    One sort of interesting side note to the Delaware trainwreck. Looking at the summary from the state, Castle is actually *leading* in absentee votes, and of course is getting crushed in day-of votes. Definitely a late-breaking surge for Lady Teabag.

    dms

  110. 110.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    Castle doesn’t strike me as a likely candidate for much wingnut welfare. Is he willing to be honest between now and January?

  111. 111.

    ruemara

    The longer this election goes on, the more I learn about the candidates, more I’m rooting for the asteroid.

  112. 112.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    @dmsilev: Well, there are also more than 30x as many same day votes, so I’m not sure we can draw much in the way of inferences from the write in totals.

  113. 113.

    freelancer

    @stuckinred:

    and I once, way back in 1991 or 92, before I knew shit about anything, used to be a little conservative dittohead, spouting nonsense and thinking I was way ahead of the curve. I must have been as unbearable and pitiful as Krohn.

  117. 117.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    O’Donnell’s lead out to 3,800 votes with 85.5% of the precincts in.

  118. 118.

    Texas Dem

    Kos says it’s all over in DE and that Castle is toast. But is it? Does anyone know how big the absentee vote was? If crazy lady wins this one I’m going to open that bottle of Jim Beam that’s been hiding under my sink for the past three months, and pour myself a good stiff drink.

  124. 124.

    Clutch414

    I’m watching Rachel Maddow and she just reported that the AP called the Delaware GOP primary in favor of Christine “Don’t Whack It” O’Donnell.

    Thank You FSM!!

  126. 126.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    TPM called it for O’Donnell. I don’t think the folks at Castle HQ should put much money on their gut feelings.

  127. 127.

    WereBear

    @PurpleGirl: I did it with the “fill in the little circles.” We had the old polling machines with the plaid curtains. I’ll miss them.

    But it was okay. I’ve been training to fill in circles since 1st grade, after all.

    Christine O’Donnell wins! Woo hoo! Let the Teabag Tsunami begin!

  128. 128.

    soonergrunt

    With 98% of the precincts reporting (and 31% of republican absentee ballots reported)

    MICHAEL N. CASTLE
    46 . 8 %
    CHRISTINE O’DONNELL
    53 . 2 %

  130. 130.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    @Texas Dem: The absentee ballots are all in. From the SoS website, it looks like those are collected by county rather than precinct, and all three counties have reported.

  132. 132.

    Texas Dem

    MSNBC is calling DE for crazy lady. Time to open that bottle of Jim Beam I’ve been saving for a special occasion.

  133. 133.

    Clutch414

    Hmm…”Anti-Whacking Whack-Job Wins Wingnut Nod”

    If I were editor of a paper that would be my headline.

  134. 134.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    98% in and O’Donnell still has that 3,800 vote lead.

    Send in the clowns. It’s time to find the New Hampshire state website.

  137. 137.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    well, I’ll be damned. Does Delaware have a sore Lieberman law? Will Castle be having lunch with Linc Chaffee to discuss a “my party left me” expose in…. let’s say…. the Washington Post Sunday mag, with a sidebar by Broder explaining that a fine man like Castle couldn’t survive in the hyperpartisan atmosphere Democrats did nothing to stop Republicans from creating, because they had to.

  138. 138.

    Little Boots

    Things were classier in my day. Sure I appointed my horse to the Senate, but at least random grifters didn’t show up to endorse him and the only sexual positions he took are between him and Catherine the Great.

  139. 139.

    kay

    @WereBear:

    It’s amazing.

    Conservatives are not going to allow her to be interviewed, which is a shame.

    Castle’s going to be horribly bitter and angry. Maybe he’ll do some interviews.

  140. 140.

    soonergrunt

    Well, Politico pulled their collective head out of their collective ass and called it for O’Dipshit, so I guess that’s official.

  142. 142.

    celticdragonchick

    AP just called it for the barking moonbat O’Donnell.

    Some anecdotes that hard attacks from Mike Castle on her extreme views actually backfired.

    Damn.

  143. 143.

    celticdragonchick

    AP just called it for the barking moonbat O’Donnell.

    Some anecdotes that hard attacks from Mike Castle on her extreme views actually backfired.

    Damn.

  146. 146.

    Dave

    Here’s my question about DE – how many votes were cast total? And what percentage of the total registered voters in DE did that make up? Because I would LOVE to know how few voters it took for the GOP to throw away the DE Senate seat.

  147. 147.

    SlyFox

    What the hell is wrong with Chris Matthews? Yeah, she’s a woman, but TRUST ME, she’s no FUCKIN HILLARY CLINTON!!!!!!!!!! I thought we settled this in 2008 with Christine’s sister, Sarah.

  148. 148.

    Dungheap

    Castle is toast. Good call, Politico.

    This is hilarious. Way back when (a few months ago) the Delaware Democrats didn’t really have anybody to legitimately run against Castle after Beau Biden decided not to run. Castle was a shoo-in. It was inevitable. It was his destiny. Coons got in the race because he had no other option. He was term limited as New Castle County Executive. Now he’s got a great shot at the Senate. Unreal.

  149. 149.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Atrios reports that the AP is calling the Delaware GOP primary for the Wank Queen.

    The general election ought to be a SERIOUS hoot.

  150. 150.

    trollhattan

    @hilzoy:

    Hey Zeus, that’s twenty pounds of awesome in a ten-gallon bucket (mixed metaphor noted).

    When I first saw him I thought: Levi, running for office at last! Astonishingly, he makes Levi sound like Guinness, Alec flavor. And what’s with the rapper hand gestures? Too much time at the mall?

    Also, too, since when does Maryland look enviously at Virginia?

  152. 152.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    Predictions on how Castle plays out the last four months of his political career?

  154. 154.

    El Cid

    YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAWWWWWWWWWWWW YOU DAMN LIBRUL AY-LEETS IN DELAWUR GOT SCHOOLED BY A GUD CRHISTIAN WOMAN WHO WON’T BE TOUCHING HERSELF

  155. 155.

    Bob Loblaw

    @Dave:

    About 60,000 voters in the primary. Over 31% of registered voters.

    It’s actually pretty huge turnout, from what I can tell.

    There may be about as much basis to grant the general to Coons as there was to give the primary to Castle. These teabaggers are throwing everything out of whack. Down is up.

  159. 159.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    @Dave: The total was about 60,000 votes, which the state says was about 38% turnout for Republicans. That’s very high for a primary.

  160. 160.

    JGabriel

    Bob Loblaw:

    AP first to call it. O’Donnell won by ~7%.

    Hmm, as a Democrat I have to say: If we try, we can still lose this.

    On the other hand, YIPPEE! We were behind Castle by over ten points. We just might be able to beat O’Donnell.

    .

  161. 161.

    Little Boots

    For a long time, Wisconsin has carried the terrible stain of sending Joe McCarthy to the Senate.

    Bless you Delaware, assuming all goes well in November.

  162. 162.

    celticdragonchick

    @beltane:

    Gay baiting rumors and insults that would have had people called out at dawn with pistols 150 years ago.

    Classy, Tea Party. Classy.

  166. 166.

    El Cid

    You know, there are going to be a hell of a lot of people in Delaware who used to mock the dumbass redneck right wing crazies sent up by neo-Confederate states like Georgia and will really be pissed off.

  169. 169.

    Texas Dem

    Way to go crazy lady! I raise my bottle of Jim Beam to you in salute! But doesn’t it kind of suck that our only victories these days depend on our opponents committing electoral suicide?

  170. 170.

    The Dangerman

    I’m in the dark regarding New Hampshire; I thought it was between some whacky fucker and some whackier dipshit. Am I supposed to be rooting for the fucker or the dipshit?

    I’ve been so engrossed by the O’Donnell trainwreck that I have no idea how NH is playing out….

  175. 175.

    lamh32

    @Corner Stone:

    yeah, Chris is major concern-trolling, but I get what he was saying. O’Donnell’s “crazy” alone won’t be enough to win alone. Chris was saying don’t underestimate the enthusiasm of O’Donnell’s voters, and compared it to Dem voter enthusiasm which even the left agrees is not high. He of course brought up Reagan, who Dems thought was too “out there” to win, and due to Dem fragmentation and non-enthusiasm, Reagan surfed in on that wave.

    Of course, Chris’ inference women were crossing over to vote for Repub women, was total bunk. And that is what I think Rachel really wanted to de-bunk.

  177. 177.

    martha

    @Corner Stone: He’s just such a blowhard. And all his examples are old, old, old. And it makes me crazy that he talks about women like he know so much about them. He won’t shut up, how could he know anything?

  180. 180.

    Jewish Steel

    Good one, Kos:

    And a reminder, from the chair of the Delaware GOP: “[O’Donnell] is not a viable candidate for any office, from dog catcher to senator.”

  185. 185.

    GregB

    In NH the former AG, Kelly Ayotte was endorsed by the establishment GOP and Sarah Palin. Ayotte ran an early campaign based on ambiguity allowing her to pass herself off as moderate or far right. She was considered a shoo-in.

    NH lawyer and far right Christian, anti-abortion absolutist Ovide Lamontagne was endorsed by the Manchester Union Leader, the states largest paper, much of the tea-bag right and Sen. DeMint.

    Looks like Lamontagne is going to upset the apple cart tonight.

    Ayotte will be the nights Martha Coakley.

  194. 194.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Corner Stone: Something is twitchy with my cable and internet connection. On the plus side, Charter has admitted the problem and given me a $46 credit, so I’ve got that going for me which is nice.

  195. 195.

    Zach

    O’Donnell’s going to be able to get her house out of foreclosure after the tea party moneybomb she’ll inevitably get tomorrow.

  198. 198.

    Little Boots

    If the Dems have any balls (spoiler: they don’t) every ad they run will start with a shot of psycho ward.

  199. 199.

    kay

    @lamh32:

    Of course, Chris’ inference women were crossing over to vote for Repub women, was total bunk. And that is what I think Rachel really wanted to de-bunk.

    Is there a single incidence of this that he can point to? He’s been pushing this “women will vote for any random woman over a man” line since Palin.

    What on earth is it based on? He’s really just an idiot.

  200. 200.

    jhh

    With O’Donnell, Lamontagne, Paul, and Angle running for the Senate simultaneously, I think we are looking at Peak Wingnut like never before.

    In the words of Dylan Thomas from “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” this is better than all the cats in Wales lined up in a row in clear view of some small boys with snow balls.

  201. 201.

    El Cid

    Will Saint Sarah be O’Donner’s bestest friend, or jealous that someone crazier and prettier is on the scene?

  202. 202.

    Chris G.

    So since 2 of 3 Palin-endorsed candidates lost tonight, the media will stop talking about her, right?

  203. 203.

    El Cid

    @kay: He explained that a while back if he didn’t know any candidate he’d vote for the Irish guy.

    He almost never does anything more than recite the same established wisdom he followed when he was first involved with politics.

    Saying women vote for women is nothing more than his ‘vote Irish’ line.

  204. 204.

    Little Boots

    Or maybe Christine rushing in, in a catholic school uniform, to stop a chronic masturbator from abusing the privilege. I approve this message.

    But no, they’ll probably just talk about jobs and shit … and lose.

  206. 206.

    soonergrunt

    @freelancer: I don’t know about the Dems making it their campaign song in Delaware, but I’m not working right now. I could, for some donations, put together a loudspeaker system mounted on a car and go blast that anywhere the crazy lady has an event.

  208. 208.

    Jbird

    You know, it’s going to suck for everyone if these candidates embed themselves as an inextricable part of the Republican Party. Everyone.

    Just something to think about while you’re gloating over how certain you are that the Republicans will dump these people over the side after this election when they lose.

    Because what if they don’t? What if even one or two of them don’t? Do you really think they’ll cause the convenient collapse of the Republicans from the inside if they strengthen the crazy-hold from Ron Paul to some actual Senators? They’ll just make the Republicans crazier, and overt race-baiting will be reintroduced into our discourse, full-time.

  209. 209.

    stuckinred

    @El Cid: He’s fucking moron. You should have heard him earlier talking about DADT and how serving with gays when he was in the Peace Corps was no issue.

  211. 211.

    kay

    @El Cid:

    Is the reverse true? Under his theory, all of the men should have voted for Castle. All of the men will vote for the Democrat, now, and it will be boys versus girls! Has that ever happened? No.
    He’s wrong about Reagan, too, that’s a stupid comparison, and he’s nearly always wrong about Pennsylvania, yet he’s the Pennsylvania Expert.
    It’s mind-boggling that he gets paid for this.

  213. 213.

    Jewish Steel

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I thought I was the only one in the worldwho used that Caddyshack quote.

    Always to the bafflement of my interlocutor.

    @jhh:

    And Tea Partiers frighten me like “web-footed men wheezing in caves.”

  215. 215.

    PurpleGirl

    New York Democratic AG primary
    119 of 15385 precincts reporting (0.77%)

    Kathleen Rice Dem 1,273 36.77%
    Eric Schneiderman Dem 1,050 30.33%
    Sean Coffey Dem 535 15.45%
    Richard Brodsky Dem 373 10.77%
    Eric Dinallo Dem 231 6.67%

  216. 216.

    Little Boots

    If they don’t have a ton of fun with this silly bitch between now and November, they don’t deserve to win anything ever again.

  217. 217.

    Gus

    @Anya: Exactly. People who are already counting the DE seat in the Democratic column are delusional if they think this loon can’t win.

  218. 218.

    celticdragonchick

    @El Cid:

    Saying women vote for women is nothing more than his ‘vote Irish’ line.

    There was some anecdotal stuff earlier that women were offended by the attacks from the Castle campaign on the crazy shit O’Donnell has said and done. If that is true then we really do have a problem since the votes being cast for her are completely dissconnected from her acutal competency or how head trauma crazy she is. Castle never had a chance no matter hwat kind of campaign he ran. I don’t think we should underestimate this whack job.

  219. 219.

    PurpleGirl

    New York Conservative and Republican Primaries for Governor

    122 of 15385 precincts reporting (0.79%)
    Rick Lazio Con 150 56.18%
    Ralph Lorigo Con 117 43.82%

    133 of 15385 precincts reporting (0.86%)
    Carl Paladino GOP 2,589 56.78%
    Rick Lazio GOP 1,971 43.22%

  223. 223.

    Little Boots

    @Gus:

    Exactly, that’s what makes this year so entertaining. Anyone can win (okay, anyone white and Christian). Any dumb bitch, of either gender, could get pissed into the Senate or the House this year. It really is appalling, but hilarious.

  225. 225.

    Little Boots

    All appearances to the contrary, there have got to still be clever people in the Democratic Party. Their job is to make Christine O’Donnell the face of the Republican Party, between now and November. This should not be impossible. James Carville, I don’t care how bitter you are, bitch, get out here and embrace your destiny.

  226. 226.

    Corner Stone

    @Jewish Steel: You do know that’s like the 3rd most quoted line in modernity, right?
    It’s right behind: “Say hallo to my lil friend!”, and “Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.”

  235. 235.

    celticdragonchick

    @Corner Stone:

    I see her very smiling face when she talks about lust…and I know she has some freaky shit just waiting to be brought to light.

    I don’t think it will make any difference. She has already been exposed as a fraud, a first rate liar and a Lee Atwater class smear artist. Her supporters loved it. They really don’t give a shit about whatever she has done or indeed, will do. They are voting on high octane nihilism.

  237. 237.

    Texas Dem

    Who the fuck could be against masturbation?

    Apart from Jimmy Swaggart, I’m drawing a blank right now.

  238. 238.

    celticdragonchick

    @stuckinred:

    This republic is going to get exactly what it deserves.

    That is without any doubt. Me and my wife are talking about getting our passports.

  239. 239.

    JGabriel

    @El Cid:

    Will Saint Sarah be O’Donner’s bestest friend, or jealous that someone crazier and prettier is on the scene?

    And YOUNGER!

    It’s like the Special Wingnut DVD Edition of All About Eve.

    .

  240. 240.

    JGabriel

    @Corner Stone:

    You do know that’s like the 3rd most quoted line in modernity, right?
    __
    It’s right behind: “Say hallo to my lil friend!”, and “Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.”

    Actually, I’m pretty sure the most quoted line is, “Is that a gun, or are you just happy to see me?”

    .

  242. 242.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    I’m pretty sure the most quoted line comes from Casablanca. I’m just not sure which one.

  244. 244.

    hilzoy

    @j: It’s one of the more unfortunate dialects from the greater Baltimore area.

    And fwiw: he’s holding steady at 25% of the vote, now with 14% counted. I was hoping his early vote count was the result of his home town having been counted first. But no.

  246. 246.

    jhh

    Oh yes, I forget to include Alaska’s Joe Miller in the national Tea Party slate I listed above.

    The vote percentages in NH and DE are so at variance with at least some recent polls that I have to wonder if some Dems quietly crossed over and voted for the extreme teabaggers. Hopefully a blogger newshound will search something out on this.

    In the spirit of Lee Atwater ratfucking, I wonder if BJ should start promoting contributions to the mainstream GOP losers like Murkowski, Castle, and Ayotte to encourage them to run as independents and further skew the results.

  248. 248.

    Chris G.

    @jhh: A truly Atwaterian trick would be to get people to contribute to folks who were so far ahead they don’t need the money, or so certain to lose that no amount of money would help them. What you don’t want, in such an operation, is to give money to anyone it might actually help.

  252. 252.

    jhh

    @Chris G.: I really don’t think write in campaigns from defeated mainstream GOP candidates have a ghost of chance of doing anything but splitting the stupid vote. jhh

  253. 253.

    Sleeping Dog

    NH reporting in. Looking good for the Tea Party as Ovide still holds a significant lead. Key cities/towns yet to report; Derry, Salem, Nashua, Portsmouth, Rochester and Dover. But unless Kelly wins big in several of the she’s toast.

  254. 254.

    Zach

    That Madigan character is somewhat entertaining, but he isn’t nearly as hilarious as the Democratic primary for Comptroller in 2006. It featured the fall from grace (well, not exactly the first) of one of the most storied careers in Baltimore/Maryland politics:

    From William Donald Schaefer’s wikipedia page:

    On February 15, 2006, Schaefer made suggestive comments to Elizabeth Krum, a 24-year-old assistant to then-Governor Robert Ehrlich. Responding to Schaefer’s request for tea, Krum set a thermal mug in front of him. Schaefer watched her walk away, then beckoned for her to return. When she obliged, he told her, “Walk again,” staring after her as she left the conference room. Schaefer initially refused to apologize, saying, “She’s a pretty little girl. She ought to be damn happy that I observed her going out the door. The day I don’t look at pretty women is the day I die.” (Schaefer has long called the women with whom he works “little girls.”) However, within days of the leering incident, Schaefer issued a handwritten letter to Krum informing her she had handled the affair as a “trouper.”

    The video appears to have disappeared from the Internet; it’s incredible.

  255. 255.

    Herbal Infusion Bagger

    “Little Boots said:

    Things were classier in my day.”

    I wonder what O’Donnell would say about your birth control methods.

    You were fetching when you dressed up as Venus, BTW, Caligulae.

  257. 257.

    Cain

    You guys are celebrating, but is Delaware capable of electing this chick to the House? It could be possible and then we’ll be crying because the fucking democrats weren’t enthusiastic enough to go out and vote.. god we have work to do.

    cain

  258. 258.

    JGabriel

    @Cain:

    … is Delaware capable of electing this chick to the House?

    No. DE is slightly over 20% black, which means O’Donnell needs over 62% of the white vote, which already leans Dem. Castle was about as far to the right as anyone could be in DE and still win.

    .

  259. 259.

    Cacti

    @Cain:

    Nothing is certain, of course, but an O’Donnell win has put a seat back into play that Castle gave the GOP an a-typical opportunity to pick up.

    Castle was your typical Rockefeller type northeastern Repub, hence the Teabaggers hate for him. He had a lot of good will built up in DE as a former governor, lt. governor, and 9-term Congressman of the State’s lone Congressional District.

    In other words, he was perfectly positioned to pick off a Senate seat for the GOP in a state with a Cook PVI rating of D +7.

    Instead, he’s been replaced with a candidate far to the right of most of the Delaware electorate and without the good will or capital with voters that Castle brought to the race.

  260. 260.

    Batocchio

    On the one hand, I applaud Madigan for trying to do something at a young age. On the other, he’s an idiot and I’m laughing at that video. Well, maybe he’ll get smarter as he grows older.

  261. 261.

    db

    @DougJ: I think I might be in the minority here on Madigan. I think it is very impressive for him to put himself out there to run for public office.

    I don’t think I would say that he is inarticulate. I think he might have a speech impediment. Once you get past that, he sounds more articulate that many of the elected members to Congress.

    I really can’t share the sentiment that he’s an idiot. I have to cringe at any comments that call him such or poke fun at him in similar ways. Maybe I am an idiot for thinking that.

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