Steelman throws down the motherf**king gauntlet

[Brittain33]

I know why she lost and it proves that that name isn't golden there.

Unqualified widow loses in a bad year for her party by 1 point = name isn't an asset
Qualified incumbent loses in a bad year for his party by 18 points = good candidate for President

[Brittain33]

Mmm, well outside from his obvious dig, Bob Casey Jr. might not be a bad example of what a popular name can do.

Yeah, well, that's a beloved name, not Carnahan. I never said the name wasn't an asset. Brittain just strives to be as dishonest as possible and throw in a few Santorum jabs while he's at it. So sad, yet so amusing, that his haters still obsess over him.

Just watch how I get blamed for this flare up, too.

If I were striving to be as dishonest as possible, I'd be posting as an 18 year old girl using pics from a porn site.

[Brittain33]

I still don't get why people go crazy over that result. It was a close race before his death. It really isn't that big that his widow won on sympathy. Sorry if that sounds cold but let's get real, guys.

In retrospect, the fact that she lost so very narrowly in 2002 when she was outclassed by Talent in the debates and on the record and Bush and the Republicans were ascendant nationwide is more striking than Carnahan's winning posthumously. Especially because she was the one incumbent Democrats acknowledged was likely to lose heading into the election, when we were expecting to do better than we did.