Alaska!
I tried not to get too excited last night when Olbermann and Maddow were touting Mark Begich’s three vote lead in the Alaska senate race. Having gone from a 3200 vote deficit to a virtual tie was pretty impressive, but they had only counted about half of the early and absentee votes at that point. It was possible that the remainder could swing back in favor of Stevens.
This afternoon, it is being reported that Begich is now up by about 800 votes with about two thirds of those votes counted. I imagine this will go to a recount, but it’s damn nice to see a possibility of unseating that vile, old bastard.
Unfortunately, the possibility of pickups by Begich, Franken, and Martin makes Joe Liar-man a lot more important I’ll really hate it if he manages to hold onto the chairmanship of the homeland security committee.
