One that has only become really weird in the last few weeks is in Kentucky. Senator Jim Bunning has taken to comparing his opponent to Saddam Hussein. He refused to debate his opponent in the same room, instead opting to appear via satellite from Washington where he could keep an eye on his teleprompter.
Then there's Colorado, where beer-baron Pete Coors and Attorney General Ken Salazar are competing for the seat of Ben Nighthorse-Campbell, a man who was elected as a Democrat but switched over to the GOP after the 1994 elections. Salazar is doing so well that it appears that John Kerry may be able to pull an upset in this state, riding on the coat-tails of Salazar.
Illinois: Obama vs Keyes. An anagram of that is "Same Sky Above".
Finally, where would we be without Louisiana where it's a five-man race to the finish? Due to Louisiana's strange open primary system, all five, four Democrats and one Republican, will seek to take over retiring Senator Jim Breaux's seat. If one guy gets 51% of the vote, he wins. Failing that, the top two will be thrown into a run-off that won't be decided until December.
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 18 October 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 18 October 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)
I think Democrats will win, with highly varying degrees of ease (and in order of victory margin), in Colorado, South Dakota, Alaska, North Carolina, Florida, and maybe Oklahoma. I think we have a chance in South Carolina, but don't see Tenenbaum pulling it off. And Louisiana not only probably leans the wrong way, it's too wild to call for us.
Thus, I think everything remains the same, with the wild-card possibility of one or two Dem pickups. Which party controls, or whether there's a power-sharing agreement, likely comes down to Lincoln Chafee and Jim Jeffords. I think one or both become Democrats if Bush is re-elected, and doing so shifts the Senate to a power-sharing agreement or Democratic control, but I don't yet see another scenario where it happens.
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 18 October 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)
Bunning is an old crazy coot that needs to be put out to pasture. The sad thing is the loony is probably going to win.
― earlnash, Monday, 18 October 2004 19:09 (twenty-one years ago)
The Republican is David Vitter who is currently the representative for what amounts to white, suburban New Orleans. He's a cock. None of the Dems have made any impact whatsoever compared to the huge amount of David Vitter stuff I see everywhere. I don't have high hopes for that race. What's worse is that his current position is likely to be taken by Bobby Jindal who came very close to being elected governor last year. He's a cock too--he's very young and very, very sleazy.
Chris John is the most prominent Democrat going after the Senate seat. He's pretty uncharismatic, about as vanilla as his name implies. Alas.
― adam (adam), Monday, 18 October 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― still bevens (bscrubbins), Monday, 18 October 2004 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 18 October 2004 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)