The streak will

End later this week when the GOP captures a House seat in Hawai'i but what a run it was.  Seven House Special Elections in a row.  (& the DCCC has already quit on this Hawai'i seat cuz they're gonna do it all over again in November.)


You know I wanted to throw something at the TV yesterday.  I was so mad at the crap CW (Conventional Wisdom) Pundits spouting their same old CW crap, not even backpedalling because they were so wrong, as usual, but trying to make the narrative fit their CW story before the Primary yesterday.  The villains in this half-assed melodrama were some of the usual suspects:  Greta, Hannity, Bret Baier, Howard Fineman, Tweety (that's Chris Matthews), and even Keef & Rachel played it a little too safe for me.  


But the crushing blow was Lawrence O'Donnell, whom I luff & lerve & loave.  When Keef introduced him, I thought, "Finally, someone who is not going to repeat the same old CW drivel about throw the bastards out, the dems are doooomed, etc, ... " & lo & behold, off he went about how poorly yesterday's results reflected on Barack Obama.  UGH!


In fact, I was so mad at these idiots that when I switched over to watch O'Reilly's replay at 8pm PDT, I couldn't even get steamed up about Bill's usual rant, Americans hate big government & Obama, blah blah blah, ... 


At that point I switched to CNN (which I generally only watch in desperation.)  Kudos for Andy! He seemed to be the only one who would say out loud on the air that this was a big night for the Dems.  (I spoke too soon, Ed Schultz said this, too, on MSNBC, but w/ Tweety & Fineman and Andrea Mitchell, he barely got a word in.)  


But, by the time I switched back to CNN, the election seemed to be over & they had Soledad O'Brien speaking about black/white relations in the US, which really sucks, because that means that CNN is scheduling Ms O'Brien's solid pieces during election coverage! Jeez! I really like Ms O'Brien, & Anderson Cooper, too, but I've given up on CNN since they hired that RedState asshole as a contributer, fair & balanced, right?


Anyhoo, here is the real scoop, as I see it, about last night's mini-Super Tuesday.


Obama had to support Lincoln & Specter, & a fairly half-assed support it was, I might add.  & Specter has some reason to be pissed, but tough, Arlen.  He was a Republican last year & his ad challenging Sestak's military temperament was beyond the pale (& cost Specter dearly.)  I know that Obama & the White House are v quietly elated at yesterday's results.  


Because, I also know that Sestak will clean Toomey's clock in November.  There is no way that PA will elect a Club For Growth asshole to the Senate.  They're done w/ the Santorum debacles.  


Now, Halter might not even win the run-off against Blanche (though I suspect he will) but even today we've seen Ms Lincoln try & burnish her anti-Wall Street cred re the Financing Regulation bill & I know that Halter has a much better chance to win the Senate seat than Ms Lincoln does.  


I would like to say, I know that Rand Paul is unelectable in Kentucky but I cannot.  I will say this:  We have got a legitimate chance.  Paul is such a goofball, & if he sticks to his, I will not disavow the Teabaggers (which I doubt, he'll come in line pretty quick, unless, ... ) I mean, you just do not know with this guy.


Finally, I am totally w/ Nate Silver re the PA Special.  The GOP got out-hustled again.  This one should've been a slam dunk.  They will meet again in November.  Unless there is a screw-up on Critz's part, I do not foresee a different result.  (Sadly, unlike Sestak, a modDem I can live with, Critz is no prize.)