In a primary season that has already seen the odious Eric Cantor kicked to the curb by voters for not being quite odious enough, its probably smart to take nothing for granted. Charlie Rangel certainly isnt, despite the latest poll showing him up by double digits over rival Adriano Espaillat mere days before tomorrows vote in the New York 13th. If he wins, Rangel might want to mend some fences with the New York Times, which endorsed Espaillat last week.
Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran, another odious Republican, faces a runoff against teabagger Chris McDaniel on Tuesday, after nearly being bested by him in the June 3 primary. McDaniels support among blinkered conservative tax-me-not voters has been steadily increasing even as their state slides ever further toward Third World status. If Republican infighting is one of your favorite spectator sports, check out the Cochran campaigns eleventh-hour ad, which takes a metaphorical 2×4 to McDaniels metaphorical cranium.
After passing a resolution on Saturday calling for President Obamas impeachment (ostensibly for exchanging five Taliban detainees for POW Bowe Bergdahl, though mostly, I suspect, for being not entirely white) the South Dakota Republican Party can now go on to other important business, like resolutions opposing gravity and the changing of the seasons. Word is theyll also consider a resolution to seize Mount Rushmore from the National Park Service and alter all the faces to likenesses of Ronald Reagan.
Speaking of Sgt. Bergdahl, he was discharged from hospital last week and transferred to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, where he will receive outpatient care for up to a month. His long-term prognosis is still unknown, but whats already certain is theres no known cure for the syndrome that has so many on the right still howling about his release and repatriation...