2010 Primaries Thread (It's all over now, baby blue)

[Oakvale]

Sad to see the Republican party is continuing its march into far-right* lunacy. Even one-time FF John McCain has had to transform into a race-baiting partisan hack.

* I mean, genuinely far right. As in, the GOP would be a fringe party in most other countries.

[Oakvale]

I know this question gets beaten to death after an incumbent loses a primary, but I'll ask anyway:

Is there anything prohibiting Murkowski from running as an independent? She could probably still get a large share of her personal vote, and I could easily see Democrats abandoning their official nominee, Scott McAdams, the Mayor of Sitka (pop. > 9000), to make a pro-choice, SCHIP supporting relative moderate like Murkowski the de facto Democratic nominee. Picture McAdams--who as of last month raised just under $10k---as Kendrick Meek without the core African-American support.

Apparently there's nothing stopping her doing so. I doubt she will, but it would make things a bit more entertaining.

[Oakvale]

Yeah, so, the Republicans pretty much blew their chances of a Senate majority? Good work, Tea Party!