Hope for Dems on Election Eve

Tomorrow is election day and all is not lost for the Democrats.  Seriously!  In Nevada, veteran political reporter Joe Ralston is predicting a win for Harry Reid over crazy Sharron Angle, even though Reid is incredibly unpopular in his home state.  He believes that Reid's campaign did a good job of defining Angle while her campaign could not reconcile her statements on Sharia law in non-existent Texas towns, scary Latinos in ads, Hispanic kids magically becoming Asian, etc, etc, etc. 

In Alaska, Palin-endorsed teabagger fav Joe Miller has become the incredibly shrinking candidate.  A few months ago, he was considered unstoppable and Lisa Murkowski's flirtation with a write-in candidacy was considered crazy.  Well, Murkowski did launch a write-in campaign and she has soared in the polling as Miller has sunk.  Moreover, Democrat Scott McAdams, the unknown Sitka mayor who basically got the nomination because the state Dem convention was held in his town and nobody else wanted it, has seen his support double in the past few weeks.  He has a real shot at it, which is amazing in a bright-red state in what is supposed to be a GOP wave year.  If Murkowski wins, she'll certainly go right back to the Republican fold, but it would be a serious defeat for the over-hyped tea party and Washington will be short one crazy teabagger.  Plus, Murkowski and Palin are enemies (when asked if she would support Palin in a run for President, Murkowski said flatly "I would not.") and Palin has painted herself as the king maker who discovered Miller.  His loss would help reveal Palin as the naked empress she is.

In California, things are looking good for the Dems as Barbara Boxer and Jerry Brown are expected to win.  It looks like Meg Whitman's millions won't allow her to buy the governor's office.

In Delaware, it looks like Democrat Chris Coons will defeat the bizarre Christine O'Donnell by a nice margin.  That seat could have easily gone to Republican Mike Castle if the state's Republicans hadn't been in the thrall of the Tea Party, but too bad, so sad, this will be the Dem win that wasn't supposed to happen. 

In New York, teabagger Carl Palladino is quickly becoming a punch line and nothing more. 

In Texas...well, there's not much for a Texas Democrat to hope for.  For a while, it looked like Bill White had a real shot at unseating Rick Perry, but lately Perry's lead has widened.  He has managed to sell himself as an outsider, even though he is the ultimate insider.  I guess he'll be anointed governor for life. 

"I'm You"

The NSFW Christine O'Donnell parody:

Just in Time for Halloween

Christine O'Donnell has a new ad out in which she says "I'm not a witch...I'm you." 

Christine O'Donnell "Dabbled" in Witchcraft

Christine O'Donnell is the ultimate expression of the Tea Party Movement.  The hits just keep right on coming:



I find that when people say "I'm not making this stuff up," they usually mean "I'm making this stuff up." 

O'Donnell has spent her entire life trying desperately to be famous and get attention.  It's all she's ever done.  Now she's famous.  I hope she enjoys it.     

Wayne Besen on Christine O'Donnell's "Ex-Gay" Advocacy

Last night, Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out appeared on Rachel Maddow to discuss Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell and her deep involvement in the crackpot "ex-gay" industry, which takes troubled and desperate gay people and, for a price, promises to cure them of the gay.  It's all a lie and a scam, but Wayne can explain it much better than I can:



Besen also wrote the book Anything But Straight, which I have read and highly recommend. 

By the way, I loved his tie.    

Masturbation Will Soon Be Illegal in Delaware

If the new Republican candidate for the Senate has her way.  Delaware Republicans have just made Christine O'Donnell the GOP nominee for the Senate, defeating long-time Congressman Mike Castle who was gay-baited shamelessly by O'Donnell.  O'Donnell is famous for believing that people shouldn't masturbate and for founding an organization called SALT that tricks troubled people into subjecting themselves to "ex-gay" torture.  She believes that gay people can be magically changed into non-masturbatory heterosexuals.  Now, she's one step away from being a United States Senator and the Republican Party is one step closer to total insanity.

Rachel Maddow on Christine O'Donnell

Of all the crackpots running in - and winning - Republican primaries this year, probably the freakiest of them all is Cristine O'Donnell, Republican candidate for the Senate from the great state of Delaware.  She's running against long-time Congressman Mike Castle and since he's apparently reality-based, it's a close race.  Christine thinks masturbation should be illegal (so much for being a small government candidate), and homosexuality can be cured.  In fact, she founded one of those snakeoil "ex-gay" scams called SALT.  Here's what Rachel Maddow had to say about Ms. O'D.: