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So right, girlfriend.

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Tow your motorboat through the Grand Tetons.

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Is a year in the senate a sentence, or is it the Booker Prize?

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I'm genuinely thrilled about this too and am also unable to snark for the moment. Go Cory!

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Context on that 11% margin of victory in an open race:

Frank Lautenberg only exceeded 11% one time in a Senate race, in 2008, with substantial Presidential coat-tails, when he won by 14% of Dick Zimmer (who?). His previous margins of victory were 2%, 8%, 3%, 10%.

11% looks pretty solid to me.

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It's better than Lautenberg's margin in victory in any of his first four Senate elections. It's also better than Menendez' first margin of victory running for reelection after being appointed to the seat when Corzine become Governor. True, Bob Menendez buried Joe Kyrillos last year, but don't forget, every Presidential cycle the Republicans run around telling everyone New Jersey's a purple state and this time, <em>this time</em>, they surely have a chance to flip it (yes yes, before pulling out in early September because not this time).

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FYI these things can usually be explained by urbandictionary.com but there is always a risk that you will be deeply scarred by your new knowledge.

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<i>"I mean, to me, you know, hey, if he said, ‘Hey, you got really hot breasts man, I’d love to suck on them.’ Then like, yeah, cool. But like, he didn’t say that,”</i> Yes, that's right. Because he is not you. For instance, he is the New Jersey senator and you are a fired staff member from the other guy's campaign.

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I'm still of the opinion we need to help Ted spend large sums of his campaign dollars in the court system challenging his citizenship. You know - for freedom.

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...<em>“It was just weird. I mean, to me, you know, hey, if he said, ‘Hey, you got really hot breasts <strong>man</strong>,I’d love to suck on them.’ Then like, yeah, cool. But like, he didn’t say that,” [Lonegan staffer/resident ladykiller Rick] Shaftan explained</em>

Yeah, my Gay-dar usually spikes to 10 anytime a guy refers to a chick as <strong>MAN</strong>!

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And boobies, also.

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...well if he was gay he would be fine considering how many dickheads are in the senate

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...well when a man really likes a woman and a woman really likes a man...

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I hope he gets to sit next to Cruz.

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Hillz/Booker 2016! Guaranteed to foment the Second Civil War!

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