Not sure what to write about today, since the news is blasting us like water from a fire hose. But since we're tired of Trump's legal travails — only because we have to look at endless stills of Benedict Donald during the coverage — let's talk about Alaska, shall we?
How delicious that a House seat that's been held by a Republican for nearly 50 years just flipped to a Democrat — and to an Alaska Native to boot. Even better, how wonderful that it was a seat denied to Sarah Palin, the former Alaska Governor and original Trumpster whom John McCain elevated to national politics in 2008. (Which is why we will always, and forever, despise John McCain.)
Palin did not take her defeat well. She and other Republicans suddenly decided they hated ranked-choice voting, which makes us wonder about their dedication to the popular vote.
As Adam Serwer has pointed out in The Atlantic:
"Everyone knew the rules of this election before it was held. A majority of Alaskan voters might have preferred to support a Republican in theory, but they did not prefer Palin, the actual Republican candidate they ended up with.
"States are not party fiefdoms that are inherited by whatever empty suit the Republican National Committee sticks on the ballot.
"A majority of Alaskan voters preferred the Democrat. The fact
that this could happen in a state as conservative as Alaska is really
the GOP’s failure." We cats PURR.
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