“I look at the numbers and I am worried. I am worried about this government committing itself to so many entitlement programs and committing itself to such a level of taxation to support those entitlement programs . . .”
— Chris Matthews
“This just in: Chris Matthews is a racist and should be investigated by the Secret Service.”
— Ace of Spades
What We Can Expect Next:Charles Johnson starts a vicious flame-war with Andrew Sullivan over which of them deserves the most credit for Scott Brown’s election.
Fortunately, one of his readers remembered to bring the Jello Sugar-Free Vanilla Pudding. This photo shows Ace on Blogger’s Row holding the Official AOSHQ Pudding that Norah O’Donnell was invited to lick from the Official AOSHQ Scrotum:
Last night, Dan Collins was seated on Blogger’s Row with an excellent view of Norah O’Donnell’s butt. Compared to Ace and Dan, Sen.-Elect Scott Brown was quite gracious when I captured his post-victory remarks to the Pudding-Licker Media:
. . . and the grandness of the occasion required that I introduce my close personal friend to everyone on Blogger’s Row. There are photos and videos somewhere, but the main message Hannah wanted to share was that she is going to be at CPAC next month and she wants all under-30 conservatives to attend her special CPAC event called XPAC.
BOSTON, Mass. — If every Republican in Massachusetts wasn’t inside the ballroom of the Park Plaza Hotel on Tuesday night, it was only because the city’s fire marshal is a Democrat.
Ayla Brown, the “American Idol” daughter of Sen.-elect Scott Brown, was rocking the capacity crowd to the tune of “Some Kind of Wonderful” when it was announced that Democrat Martha Coakley had conceded. The crowd began to chant: “John Kerry’s next! John Kerry’s next!”
Like the 2004 Boston Red Sox who broke an eight-decade curse by winning the World Series, Brown’s victorious surge has inspired Republicans in Massachusetts and nationwide to believe that anything is possible. . . .
U.S. Senate Candidate Tom Campbell, on Flashreport:
America’s national debt is an economic burden, a moral failing, and a foreign policy vulnerability. It’s the single most important problem we face, and that’s why I’m running for the US Senate.
The sheer dimension of the federal budget deficit, and debt, is almost beyond comprehension. We owe 12 trillion dollars. Our entire economy produces 14 trillion every year. So, we’ve now borrowed the value of almost an entire year’s production of every good and service by every worker in America. If we stopped borrowing today, and tried to pay back what we owe at the rate we’ve been paying it back, it would take 293 years.
Every child born in our country inherits a $40,000 obligation to pay back money her or his parents borrowed. That’s the moral issue. Parents should save to give something to their children. The federal government, however, has done the opposite. It has borrowed from our children, to buy favor with current voters. That’s immoral.
Godspeed, Mr. Campbell. May you send that [gerund] [noun] Boxer packing, with lots of bubble wrap.
VodkaPundit kneecapped the Sunday Chat shows, skillfully managing the need to cut the video before the election results were out.
Making the clip particularly link-worthy is his his reply to the whole “Tea Bagger” epithet. Those who’re constantly giving the Obama agenda a helping hand, opines Stephen Green, should be known as “Hand Jobbers”. A new low in neologisms, but I do not mean anything punny by the final syllable in that term. This is simply not that sort of blog.
UPDATE 11:30 p.m.: (Smitty) Stacy just called me again, basking in the glow, and offered shouts out to:
Doug Hoffman in NY-23. Stacy points out that Doug’s heroic, if Arthurian campaign, foiled by Dede le Fey at the last, helped pave the way for a different grail. Doug got it in peoples’ minds that it wasn’t over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor the Left got the super-majority in the Senate.
The Tea Party movement (which is basically anyone who’s ever done so much as honk a horn while driving by a protest).
Dan Collins, whose book arrived today. I skimmed the first ~20 pages while at Hard Times for a salad. Great stuff. Give dead tree offerings to the blog gawdz.
Da Tech Guy, who should no doubt write a book about tech guys getting dragged into political scenes, before I do.
UPDATE 10:06 p.m.: (Smitty)Stacy updates us via cel phone: Stacy McCain is out on the balcony at the HQ. 11+ network satellite trucks are visible in the street. When the Coakley concession was announced, the crowed chanted: “Kerry next!” Every Mass. Republican is in the building, enjoying the Martha Gras. This makes up for the heartbreaking NY-23 loss. WIFI is as functional in the building as this blog has been at various points the last couple of days. In other words, it’s broken. Ali Akbar of 73wire is a dead man, as he was supposed to have made the network arrangements. (The question is whether Smitty can make good his escape while Ali becomes acquainted with the underside of the bus.) RSM: “If Scott Brown can win this, anything is possible.” Ace of Spades is on scene, and has given Stacy vanilla pudding. AoS: “I’ve really got to have a cigarette” Other right-blogospheric all-stars present:
Coakley has hired Al Franken’s old fraud campaign lawyer, Mark Elias. Elias was hired by Franken, and Franken’s recount mysteriously found ballots in the back of cars, and other random places… after the election was well over.
We should always pray for a margin significant enough to minimize shenanigans. UPDATE 7:55 p.m.: Five minutes before polls close, I’ve just talked to a spokesman for the Brown campaign — it looks good. Clearly, they feel like they’ve got a winner here. Also, Ace of Spades is in the house. UPDATE:Ayla Brown, Rule 5, video with a certain well-known blogger.
We had a late night in South Boston with the 73Wire crew and I’d planned to sleep late, but Da Tech Guy woke me up early. There’s a bit of very encouraging news for Brown this morning — an exclusive — that I’m not quite ready to report yet, because I want to protect the source. So that will have to wait until after I go check a few precincts here.
UPDATE — Another report from Ward 6. Da Tech Guy’s 18-year-old son just cast his first-ever vote for Scott Brown and reports that as of 9:37 a.m., there were six to eight Brown supporters in line at the precinct and no Coakley supporters.
UPDATE II — Just got back from St. Bernard’s Catholic Church, where turnout in Ward 6 is “better than usual,” according to official Judith Miller. Precinct warden Joe Marabello said “a lot of people that haven’t voted in a while” are turning out today,” a result he called “very exciting.” His fellow warden Tom Sicard said “turnout’s going to be great today . . . it’s been steady.”
Meanwhile, I’ve posted two video updates in the Hot Air Greenroom::
“I look at the numbers and I am worried. I am worried about this government committing itself to so many entitlement programs and committing itself to such a level of taxation to support those entitlement programs . . .”
