Lisa Murkowski FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE!!!!! (Not Literally)
Team Wonkette all went to bed last night before the returns from America's Icebox came in, so they didn't have time to report the SHOCKING ANTI-INCUMBENT NEWS that hated creep Lisa Murkowski may well be defeated by the immaculately stubbled, Tim James campaign ad-imitating Joe Miller in the Republican primary! Miller is up by 4 percentage points with 77 percent of the vote counted. He didn't have a lot of money to spend, but he did have Sarah Palin's endorsement, which is more valuable than a treasure chest full of Spanish doubloons.[ WP ]Speaking of creeps, child kidnapper Ben Quayle will be bringing his unsettling, affectless stylings to the general election, as he won a crowded GOP primary in Arizona's third congressional district. "Quayle made a brief appearance at Republican headquarters in Phoenix late Tuesday, making a quick statement and then quickly leaving the room as reporters shouted questions," obviously. [ AP ]
In normal political discourse as has existed for more than two centuries, someone who wants to replace a monarchical system of government with a republic that has an elected head of state is called a "republican." However, some people in Sweden who want to get rid of their king are thinking of picking a different name, because they are afraid of being mistaken for supporters of dumb slobs John McCain and Sarah Palin. [ NYT ]
The weather in Martha's Vineyard is too crappy to play golf, so Barack Obama has been forced to read a book for entertainment. [ WP ]