Post-election wrapup

Some very interesting results today as I wake up, hours after turning off the TV to having no governor, I find that we have the same one. Pawlenty took a lead late last night and held onto it very slimly. I was hoping maybe Hutchinson could have rallied some form of support, but I would rather have Pawlenty than Hatch.

No surprise that Patty Wetterling was tossed to the curb for using her son's tragedy as a campaign, and nothing else.

The most interesting point of the night was that Pawlenty picked up so much of the vote and a large number of people crossed over their ballot to vote out other state officers. This either shows that Pawlenty is supported by a number of Democrats, or that Republicans were fed up with everyone but Pawlenty. Much more likely to be the former rather than the latter.

On a side note the party last night was quite interesting. I met a fellow blogger I worked with a few years ago, he was a live blogger there. I also got to meet Jim and his wife. Now folks, I can't tell you too much about Jim because he hardly said a thing to me, but Mrs. Stattmiller is quite proud of her children and very emotional about the blog, it appears.

I was looking around for any of the other bloggers last night but I didn't see anyone. Kudos to you all for a well brought together blog and another election year.

Wow! I remember when Jacob was abducted. That was a big deal in MY life and I never knew him or his family. And I remember the campaigning of this week, last week, and the months previous and I don't remember one ad that asked people to vote for Patty Wetterling because her son was kidnapped. I do recall the media referring to her as "child advocate Patty Wetterling", but that was as close as Jacob ever came to being a campaign issue. Well, rub it in if you like. I'll even hold my comments about Pawlenty. You can have that one too. We got the rest. Happy trails, Ken.

TW, she actually ran campaign ads talking about how she fought to save children and what a protector of children she was...She politicized her sons death.

Pawlenty should be dragged behind a horse out of town. I said that before and I will stand behind it. However given the choice of 2, I would rather have Pawlenty than Hatch. Thus why I voted for Hutchinson.