News just came through that Wellstone was killed today. Put on my black suit and tie, put out a deepest condolences PR and shut the office. Last thing I need is some loose lipped staffer saying anything they should not. With luck we can avoid talking about anything else till Monday - thus depriving Jackass of a weekend of campaigning.
Of course the first thing everyone is talking about is how this affects chances of retaking the Senate. I can't see that it will help. The Dems will do what they did in New Jersey, parachute in a heavy hitter. Meanwhile their base will be much more likely to come out in other areas to prevent this affecting control of the Senate. Fortunately that won't matter here since there is no senate race this year.
If I were the paranoid type I would be asking what the chances are of this happening twice to Democrats running in tight senate races. As a social realist I instead ask 'how do I get in with the organizers?'.
6:40:01 PM
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