Talk about overanalysing!

the national press is pissing their pants trying to make national the results of elections last night.

to me, it’s tempest in a teapot and then trying to read the tea leaves in the wake of the swirling tsunami you create in your own cup.

Is it really all that big a surprise that Conn. voters would choose an anti-war whack job?

Conn., after all, is nothing more than an affluent far north suburb of New York City.

So, it’s like being surprised if North Edmond and rural south Guthrie picks a right wing whack job.

And, has about the same national significance.

Same for the defeat of Rep. Cynthia McKinney.  She was elected in 2000, defeated in 2002, elected in ’04 and defeated again following a fistfight with a capitol guard. 

This is an anti-incumbent mood that’s sweeping the nation?

No, it’s media analysts scrambling to keep their f’ng jobs.

Club for Growth bought a couple of GOP primaries in the West, notably one in Colorado.  They are libertarian right wing whackos who want to starve the federal government into submission by cutting taxes to a flat tax or some such.  They had a candidate in OKC’s fifth district GOP race, Calvey, but he couldn’t compete with the right wing whacko money already being spent by Mick Cornett and Mary Fallin.  By the way, the Cornett money was basically anti-Fallin money.  The GOP insiders don’t like Mary for some reason.  One suspects because she’s an unguided missle and they aren’t real sure who she will hurt when she inevitably explodes.  I’m guessing that when Aug. 25 comes around, the honorable mayor of OKC will be the winner.  The former Lt. Gov. spent a lot of money to see her poll numbers steadily decline.  I’ll vote for Dr. Hunter in all events so I don’t much care.

The best thing that came out of last night’s elections is that the results were pretty early and there wasn’t any staying up late for nail-biting.