end of the century
I had this idea of Senate term limits which is, oh, six terms. I may down-grade it to either give it four — and I probably set it in at five. Thirty years is a good career, isn’t it? A frustrating idea for true believers in term limits, but I am mostly just annoyed by the extremes here. In our current setting, I think everyone there who came in last century should be out — so, goodbye Ron Wyden, goodbye Pa tty Murray — thanks for your service. Also — is that true? Is freaking Chuck Grassley running for another term? Well, in the event of his passing the non-partisan Iowa Democratic governor may well appoint a Republican replacement, so I guess Grassley can test out of he can beat out Strom Thurmond and get to age 101 as a Senator.
Class of 98 member Chuck Schumer sits there with progressive and normal Democrats want him out. But the man is doing a victory lap now, and gets his seemingly press release transcription headline of acing it all — after all, he recruited all the candidates. His misfires in Maine and Michigan are blaring. And, sure, Mississippi was apparently his pet project, but he has nothing to do with the candidates of South Carolina, Kansas, or Florida. Also his pronouncement — for every “white working class” voter we lose we will pick up two college educated suburbanites, was politically dead through three presidential races. Also, what are you doing now? There is an aspect of party leader where — your job is to be unpopular, and that is a feature of the job. On that score, Chuck Schumer was as good a party leader through the last bunch of years as anyone in a spot where the best you will be able to pull out is disappointment to anyone but, having done his deed everyone should just move on.
Election results that catch my eye:
Kentucky. Andy Barr, Republican, 55.0%. Charles Booker, Democrat, 42.91%. Texas. James Talerico, Democrat, 55.09% Ken Paxton, Republican, 42.99%. I think the remaining votes will pull the margin for Texas slightly upward, and this might pass Arkansas’s margin of defeat
Wyoming Governor race. Eric Barlow, Republican, 68.56%. Rebecca Baxter, Constitution, 16.78%. Kenneth R. Casner, Democrat, 14.66%. I assume this is the worst state wide for a Democrat, and the best result for the Constitution Party. Did any Libertarian beat this percentage? Maybe a Libertarian dog catcher which… Yeah, that is where we see their ideology break apart.
Washington State, Congressional district # 3 — write ins: .99%. District #9 sits at .69%. These are notably higher than the other 8 — which tap off in the thirtieths. The hipster turned blue dog Conservative Democratic the 3rd district agitates a decent number of liberals, and there is no third party to turn to in Washington’s system. Probably something similar for the boring long time incumbent guy in the 9th.