The Cantwell Problem
Apparently she’s in a lot of trouble. And while officially I still maintain that voting for a third party is stupid given the high stakes involved, and even though I have some residual goodwill for anyone who could get Slade “Skeletor” Gorton out of the Senate, I must say that even I can’t muster much enthusiasm for the argument. It’s not just the war; it’s had to say much good about someone who comes from perhaps the strongest pro-choice state in the country and votes for cloture on Alito. I understand that if a Senator from Nebraska or Louisiana does it you have to suck it up, but this seems almost as stupid strategically as it was appalling on the merits. With Bush’s approval numbers where they are, about the only way an incumbent Democrat could botch a statewide election is to piss off the base for no conceivable reason.