I don’t know, but there may be enough evidence and resulting unease to secure another run-off, if the political pressure mounts. And let the NRSC and the US Chamber of Commerce come right out up front and use money donated by Republicans to court liberal Democrat voters then. That’d be a hoot to watch, don’t you think? (thanks to DarthLevin)

Via Mark Levin:  1/3 of the money spent in primaries against conservatives / constitutionalists / TEA Party candidates has been spent by the US Chamber of Commerce. Establishment Republicanism and corporatism go hand in glove, it seems.  Though today it doesn’t wear the same name as it did when, say, Mussolini was all into it.  Probably because today it wears an American flag pin on its lapel.

I wrote this originally to Adjoran and Dana in the comments to TOM’s post on Cochran’s “victory,” but I want it placed here for the record. Adjoran wrote: Seems to me Cochran WAS as good as buried, but somebody dropped the ball. Somebody tried to play dirty, and it blew up on them. It’s a bit late for that side to complain about rough politics. This is, of course, the

  The single thing keeping this Tweet from being an utter, crystalized bit of metaphysical perfection is that the number turned out to be 45, and not — as Douglas Adams would have had it — 42.  Which to someone of my mindset is a crying shame.  But it is what it is. (h/t TOM)

— Although surprisingly, they did so without citing the emission of CO2 as the reason — though I haven’t yet checked if John Roberts, after much deliberation, was unable to declare the unconstitutional recess appointments a tax, and so found his hand forced. In other words, I don’t much care anymore what the Supreme Court says, save for Thomas, Alito, and on many (but not all) occasions, Scalia. But some

Republican primary victors shouldn’t have their victories taken away by liberal Democrats urged to cross over and vote for the pol they won’t vote for in the general election. But the establishment GOP doesn’t believe that. They believe in power uber alles, and maintaining the coalition integrity of their long-term incumbent pork barrel back scratchers. Chris McDaniels, thankfully, doesn’t agree — and he’s not afraid to say so.

Corrupt to the very last drop: IRS Commissioner John Koskinen contributed more than $85,000 to Democratic candidates and committees, MRCTV research has discovered – with a $5,000 donation to President Obama in 2012 and $19,000 to the Democratic National Committee from 1988 to 2008. This may explain the fawning “thank yous” Koskinen received for his public service from many Democrats last night on the House Committee on Oversight and Government

You’ve heard me mention this before, but if you call yourself a Republican and then vote for Democrats — or in the case of Thad Cochran (or rather, his NRSC handlers and lobbyists; Thad didn’t have to show up for a debate and only on occasion does he get awakened to do what Mitch McConnell tells him to do), actively recruit liberal Democrats with race-baiting, anti-TEA Party literature and robocalls

Gorical increases his carbon footprint by flying downunder to hector the hoi polloi on global warming climate change. Eastern Australia gets best snowfalls in a decade.