So much has happened last night on the 2018 election front that our furry heads are still spinning. Here's a quick recap of our thoughts before we settle down for our next nap.
The hapless Republican candidate in OH-12 is claiming victory in a race that's still too close to call. We think he's just trying to do anything he can to goose some faux momentum, but so far it doesn't seem to be working. The Democratic candidate, Danny O'Connor, has not conceded, of course. You know what? We hope he never does. Give the GOP a taste of its own medicine.
Meanwhile, in the middle of all the pundithead speculation that O'Connor's answers to the Nancy Pelosi question hurt him, we cats say, pooh. That is so Inside Baseball, we can't begin to tell you. Plus we're bored with the lazy media's focus on the Nancy Pelosi question, which is just what the Republicans want them to do. (We'd also like to take a moment to defend Nancy Pelosi, especially to anybody who has coverage through Obamacare. Unlike Paul Ryan and the GOP buffoons, Nancy Pelosi really knows how to run the House of Representatives, and if it hadn't been for her, there wouldn't even be an Affordable Care Act. So everybody just cut it out.)
Then, as if last night's election news wasn't gripping enough, Republican Congressman Chris Collins from our own Empire State of New York was arrested today — not indicted, but hauled off the hoosegow — for insider trading. People are starting to buzz that Collins's district, NY-27, which is kinda red, could be winnable for us. It's a textbook example of why it's so important for Democrats to run in every district: You never know when the Republican will be caught romancing a sheep.
Finally, we opened our local paper this morning to note with horror that our own Congressional Republican buffoon, Elise Stefanik, has invited Mr. Bone Spurs himself, Benedict Donald, to NY-21 to sign the — get this — John McCain National Defense Authorization Act. He'll do this before an audience of enlisted personnel (the GOP's favorite prop) at Fort Drum. Either Stefanik has figured out she has to double down on pleasing Benedict Donald's base to win another term, or she's making a Machiavellian play for a leadership position after her party and its female caucus members get wiped out in the fall. We cats aren't sure she's smart enough to do the latter, but either way, we HISS.
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