Daily (unintentional) Funny

"Staff" at "Blogsforbell" notes as re the California CD 50 election:

. It also appears that Brian Bilbray has just barely held on to Duke Cunningham's traditionally safe seat. [link] Chris Bowers points out that Busby lost to Cunningham by 22% in 2004, but to Bilbray by only 4.5%. Not a win, but a good litmus as to the kind of year Republicans can look forward to.

Well, let's be accurate; it's a litmus test of the kinds of races Republicans face in districts where their longtime representatives have gone to jail for multiple felonies.

I know. Details, details. KvM separates "Staff"'s wishful thinking from the facts:

To add insult to injury, Bilbray was a pariah in his own party who secured endorsement only because several candidates split the conservative vote. Even a Republican loathed by his own base could not manage to lose this race. Indeed, a third party candidate to the right of Bilbray secured nearly 4% of the vote total.

Democrat blogs; all the truth that's convenient.

Posted by Mitch at June 7, 2006 07:46 AM | TrackBack