Lieberman wins; Stevens loses

Mark Begich was finally declared the winner in Alaska's Senate race, defeating incumbent and rat bastard Ted Stevens. Also, after absentee ballots and early votes were counted, the turnout in Alaska actually turned out to be quite high. There's still no explanation for why the polling was so wrong in Alaska, but nowhere else.

Also in the Senate, Democrats voted 42 to 13 to allow Joe Lieberman to retain his chairmanship of the Committee on Homeland Security. Sure, allowing Lieberman to stay is a great bipartisan move. It also rewards him for his committee's complete lack of oversight on homeland security.



I guess making out with John McCain was punishment enough.

Counting continues in Alaska

As the vote count continues in Alaska, at least a few people are asking about the low turnout. The answers aren't convincing:

According to the Division of Election's projections, the election will end up drawing the second most voters in an Alaska presidential election, next to 2004, but far from the blockbuster numbers you might expect in an election that saw Stevens found guilty in a federal court just days before the voting and Gov. Sarah Palin running for vice president.

Pundits at home and across the country said the turnout numbers smelled fishy. Fenumiai said Monday that there's no evidence of fraud or irregularities.

"I can't speculate as to why people just didn't show up to vote," she said.

Also, the Washington Post is reporting that Mark Begich has taken a three-vote lead over Ted Stevens.

No harm, no foul

Despite his participation in the McCain campaign, Obama wants Joe Lieberman to remain in the Senate Democrat caucus. This is certainly a good sign for Obama's promise of a new politics in Washington.