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Christie to Sean Hannity earlier today: “I’ve got 300 lawyers” ready and waiting, so Gov. Corzine better beware.
TPMMuckaker’s Zachary Roth sets it up perfectly: Another election, another boatload of evidence-free Republican claims of voter fraud…
Hannity was doing his best to stir the post on this one, with Christie joining in. The proof? Non-existent. It’s just what these guys do to preemptively excuse a close loss. At least, let’s hope it’s a loss, because if Corzine loses the reverberations will freeze health care in place until the pols shake the chill. Who knows how long that could take.
TO ADD… If this story had broken before today Dems would have been in real trouble.
In a blow to the White House, the Senate’s top Democrat signaled Tuesday that Congress may fail to meet a year-end deadline for passing health care legislation, leaving the measure’s fate to the uncertainties of the 2010 election season. …
As for Virginia, McDonnell’s people were everywhere, with people at the polling station in Alexandria saying turn-out had been steady all day. I bet they’re Republicans, because Deeds hasn’t had a chance for weeks. Maybe if he’d run proudly with Democratic issues leading the way, instead of a Blue Dog Dem trying to compromise to look moderate, he’d have had a chance. But it’s going to be grim in Virginia tonight.
NY-23 is a win for conservatives (or is it?), as well as Sarah Palin, which will stoke the enthusiasm for 2010, as well as foreshadow what’s ahead for Gov. Crist in Florida. The tea party activists are going to go after him with a vengeance.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, ABC’s “V” premiers tonight. It’s been quite the talk among some, myself included, due to it’s not so subtle shots at, as the Chicago Tribune reviews it, “Obamamania.” As for tinsel town, the LA Times doesn’t touch that one. From the Chicago Tribune:
Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care.
The news media swoons in admiration — one simpering anchorman even shouts at a reporter who asks a tough question: “Why don’t you show some respect?!” The public is likewise smitten, except for a few nut cases who circulate batty rumors on the Internet about the leader’s origins and intentions. The leader, undismayed, offers assurances that are soothing, if also just a tiny bit condescending: “Embracing change is never easy.”
So, does that sound like anyone you know? Oh, wait — did I mention the leader is secretly a totalitarian space lizard who’s come here to eat us? … ..
As a TV tivo-ing fiend, I can’t wait to see this one.
The counter programming for this Election Night comes from HBO. “By The People: The Election of Barack Obama” comes out one year after Barack Obama’s historic presidential election.
Election Day politics, “V”, and a documentary on Obama’s presidential win. The only thing that could top it is another Brooks Brothers’ brawl in New Jersey. Stay tuned.
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