Blanche Wins Her Primary

Gha! (4.00 / 2)

Gha! (thanks, Ria...)

Not the news I was hoping to come back home to.

:/

Oh well, Halter probably would have lost in November, too.  So there's that.

"The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks." - Christopher Hitchens

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by: JayinPortland @ Wed Jun 09, 2010 at 03:24:01 AM UTC

I know :( (4.00 / 2)

As of the last I heard, people were saying she was 4 points behind in the polls.

"I can understand someone from Iowa promoting corn and soy, but we are not feeding the world, we are feeding animals and soft drink companies." - Jim Goodman

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by: Jill Richardson @ Wed Jun 09, 2010 at 03:44:27 AM UTC

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not good for organized Labor (4.00 / 3)

I really thought Halter would win.

shit

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by: LeeN @ Wed Jun 09, 2010 at 10:20:28 AM UTC

everyone did nt (4.00 / 2)

"I can understand someone from Iowa promoting corn and soy, but we are not feeding the world, we are feeding animals and soft drink companies." - Jim Goodman

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by: Jill Richardson @ Wed Jun 09, 2010 at 13:55:15 PM UTC

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One less uphill battle (4.00 / 2)

I thought Halter would win, but he was going against the entire Dem establishment plus wildcards like the Chamber of Commerce (who, as Kos predicts, will probably give exactly zero dollars to Lincoln in the general election).

Another small bright spot in the Halter loss is that it's one less uphill battle to fight -- the odds are very long for a Dem to hold that seat -- and so efforts and money can be focused on more winnable races. Although I would have donated to Halter, I'm not giving a cent to Lincoln and won't give anything to the DSCC unless they pledge not to help Lincoln (highly unlikely).

If my memory is correct, the next in line for the Ag Committee is Stabenow from Michigan, a state with a fair amount of commodity crops and CAFOs, but also a thriving specialty crop industry (berries, cherries, a reviving local scene, and the ever-evolving urban farm scene in Detroit), so perhaps she will be a great committee chair.

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by: mental_masala @ Wed Jun 09, 2010 at 17:06:45 PM UTC