{"id":4000,"date":"2010-09-22T06:07:08","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T10:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningseditionists.com\/msblog\/?p=4000"},"modified":"2010-09-22T06:07:08","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T10:07:08","slug":"last-day-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/2010\/09\/22\/last-day-of-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Day of Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the elections about six weeks away, things aren’t looking so good for Democrats in the Senate. Russ Feingold is down by over nine points in Wisconsin<\/a> (and way below that magical 50% that incumbents supposedly need to have). Some Republican schmuck looks to be in good shape to take over Robert Byrd’s old seat in West Virginia<\/a>. Sharon Angle is one point ahead of Harry Reid<\/a> (who, again, is far below that 50% thing). <\/p>\n

It’s not looking like there’ll be a pickup in Florida (either by Charlie Crist begin an Independent or the Democrat taking advantage of a split vote), with teabagger Ricky<\/del> Marco Rubio way<\/em><\/strong> ahead<\/a>, nor will the Democrat apparently be able to take advantage of the situation in Alaska<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Here in NY, though, we’ll do our part by returning the “hottest” Senator (according to Harry Reid, anyway) – Kirsten Gillibrand – to the Senate for a full term. I’m not sure Gillibrand is “hot” (she’s no Olympia Snowe, after all), but I’d have to say she’s at least pretty cute. There isn’t an whole lot of competition for the title; she’s at least in the top three with Scott Brown and Maria Cantwell – and since I’m a “homer” (and a straight dude), what the hell – I’ll go with Kirsten. <\/p>\n

In Delaware, Christine O’Donnell appears poised to go down in flames, but, with all the nutbag stuff associated with her candidacy, I’m somewhat perplexed that her “dabbling with witchcraft” thing seems to be what’s making the news. I mean, WTF? That’s no crazier than any of these other religious nuts. Of course, with the news that she appears to have been embezzling money from her campaign<\/a> (according to CREW, anyway), she may need to cast a few spells to stay out of prison. <\/p>\n

Oh well, another work day beckons – and the last day of summer at that. In these parts, Autumn rolls in at about 11:08 PM tonight. The days are getting awfully short (well, not the the workday part; that seems as long as ever), and I’m not really looking forward to it getting dark at 4:00 (though that’s a good excuse to go to bed even earlier that I do now, I guess). <\/p>\n

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