My Mob nickname: The Butcher, Baker and Candlemaker. Courtesy of the Sopranos Mob Name Generator.
I know I just engaged in some stereotypical blogger behavior. I could be disingenuous and disavow such behavior (top ten lists, AIM conversations, bad poetry, endless moaning about my love life, etc) but I am not. I am going to tell you flat out that most people who promise to avoid such behavior are lying.
President Bush is out fighting the forces of darkness -- as represented by Bill Clinton and Walter Mondale, anyway. Democratic Senators need to learn to stay off small planes before Election Day. One thing that particularly interests me about this election is the continuing trend of late race replacements of Democratic Senators. Last Senate election, there was only one replacement, this year there were two. I see this as likely to get worse before it gets better, just by the law of averages - more senators will either be exposed for corruption or die than have before. I have no objections to Jean Carnahan running in her husband's place nor to Walter Mondale replacing Paul Wellstone, but Robert Torricelli's replacement by Frank Lautenberg sets a precedent. I can't say whether it is a good thing for poorly performing candidates to be replaced by new ones. I do know that the Democratic Party will soon be out of septugenarian former Senators willing to run for political office. I am waiting for the other shoe to drop and for the Republicans to gain an advantage through replacement of a candidate. On the other hand this could just be karmic retribution for the Supreme Court handing Goerge Bush a victory last election.