It's a little over a week until the midterm elections. We cats won't make any sweeping predictions, although we may try to call some individual races between now and November 2. In the meantime, the following thoughts have occurred to us.
Another misfortune has befallen poor, unshaven teabagger Joe Miller in Alaska: A judge has ruled that he cannot keep private documents pertaining to his employment as a part-time borough attorney. See, Joe wanted to keep 'em under wraps because it's been averred that while in that job, he used his office computer for political purposes. Sigh. Joe hasn't run a very good campaign, has he? That's the thing about these teabaggers — no adult supervision.
You might lump TP'er and all-around insane person Sharron Angle in that category, too. What Senate candidate in his or her right mind receives $14 million in contributions and promptly plows it into direct mail? As Carly Fiorina would say, that is so yesterday. Goodness gracious, but Republican political consultants must be getting rich off these midterms. We wonder if the GOP will get the bang they want for their bucks?
Speaking of which, we cats have had more thoughts along the lines of whether the latest polls, which show interesting Democratic gains in several races, are right. We said earlier that we think Democratic voters are coming home. But we wonder if it's not just our side of the aisle that's starting to stir.
Allow us a couple of historical allusions. We well remember the elections of 1980 and of 1998, in which voters shifted strongly in the week before Election Day. In the first instance, they decided they'd had enough of President Carter and hostages in Iran and were willing to take a chance on Ronald Reagan. In the second, they determined that Newt Gingrich and his fellow Clinton persecutors had overreached, and they denied the GOP their expected Congressional sweep.
Is it possible that voters in 2010 will decide the teabaggers — and the Republican Party that warily embraces them — are too nutty after all?
Perhaps Jon Stewart will help answer that question next weekend. Stay tuned.
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