Tidbits and Cat Treats — South Carolina-Georgia Edition

By Baxter

We cats are inspired to comment on the following news items from the Palmetto and Peach States.

In the category of "Lest We Furr-get," a little-noticed item in today's New York Times made us laugh: "South Carolina Takes Stimulus Money."

How droll. We all remember when Mark Sanford, in his pre-Argentine-soul-mate days, was considered such a rising Republican star that he was defying the hated Obama Administration on the stim (and, in the process, sticking it financially to his very poor state).

Talk about retreating with your tail between your legs. We predict Sanford will do it all the way to Buenos Aires someday.

Meanwhile, some of Tuesday's election results have grabbed our attention — specifically, the GOP runoff for governor of Georgia. In that race, a right-wing nutcase named Karen Handel has conceded to another right-wing nutcase named Nathan Deal, even though Handel only lost by a whisker — a mere 2,500 votes.

Our first thought was how amazing it was that a candidate endorsed by the famous quitter from Alaska would do something so gracious and unifying — instead of following the usual Palin model of "Me, Me, Me."

Our second thought was how interesting that Palin’s endorsement in Georgia didn’t roll the way her endorsement of Nikki Haley in South Carolina did. Given that Deal finished way behind in the original race, it's clear to us cats that that the Palin endorsement limited Handel's ability to pick up votes from supporters of the two candidates eliminated in the primary.

In other words, while the famous quitter may be golden with 20 to 25 percent of the hard-core Republican right, she apparently has no clout with the other 80 percent of the electorate.

But, hey — we cats are Democrats. Not our problem! Do we hear some PURRS?