South Carolina:  Comparing the “anvil toss” at the sex scandal figure of Mark Sanford with the attempted resurrection of Anthony Weiner after his sext scandal.   (“t” important to note).   Of the two, Mark Sanford is the more likely to win his next race.  But Weiner is more likely to be chalked up as having staged a remarkable comeback.   A step down for Sanford from governor to perhaps narrow victory of a congressional seat — his dirty laundry being aired.  And Wiener is looking up at what he once seemed to have a glide-path toward:  the mayorship.
It’s not too hard to imagine that Mark Sanford’s primary opponent is hoping Colbert Busch wins this race, so he can win next time out.  Interestingly, looking over to the Senate side, thoses races I tend to look at only becauses it’s always easier to gauge, I imagine that polls probing possible match-ups may as well just insert “Elizabeth Colbert Busch” in them — before inevitably an Alvin Greene or Bob Conley wins the Democratic nomination.

And the tiresome figure of Lindsey Graham will march onward.  Yes, I know… it is as Alan Dersowitz posits (from memory when discussing the civil libertarian stakes here) “he stands accused of placing exploding nails in front of an eight year old, and that will trump everything.”  But that’s all the more reason to be annoyed by political figures thumping their chests on this for, like, water boarding for the sake of water boarding.

Kentucky.  Oh, that wacky Mitch McConnell.

But enough of that.  I imagine that McConnell will be using all the ammunition he can from a quasi-“meh” recording of his strategy sessions — revealing what everyone knew already on how McConnell would’ve gone after Ashley Judd — to keep himself from a Primary challenge.  “The Democrats are firing up their ammunition against me” — using Nixonian tactics.

Georgia, South Dakota.  A bit of a trend and a basic tendency we see here.  You’re the Democratic Party.  You’re looking for a candidate.  Who do you turn to?  Perhaps the Daughter of the last Democratic Senator!

As Democrats wait to see if Rep. John Barrow will take the plunge for Georgia’s open Senate seat, Jim Galloway mentions a brand new name: Michelle Nunn, daughter of former Sen. Sam Nunn, who for four terms held this very seat before retiring in 1996. Nunn is CEO of the non-profit Points of Light, a volunteer service organization; she hasn’t run for office before, but obviously her family name would open doors. Local reporter Lori Geary says that Nunn is indeed considering a run.

Say… does Zell Miller have a son or daughter they can find?

And South Dakota… who else but…

On the Democratic side, the two major contenders are Johnson’s son, U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota Brendan Johnson, and former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, who lost her seat to Republican Rep. Kristi Noem in 2010.

Alaska:  Always dicey with the “Tea Party” — not good for the “Overton Window” — but this would be fun.

Joe Miller, a Tea Party candidate in Alaska who lost a bid for Senate in 2010, is forming an exploratory committee and considering a run against Democratic Sen. Mark Begich in 2014.

“For several months now, my wife and I have engaged in serious reflection about our family, Alaska, and the state of our nation,” Miller wrote in an email to supporters, Roll Call reports. “After consultation with our political advisers, trusted friends, and many of our 2010 volunteers, we have decided to test the waters for a 2014 US Senate run.”

He continued on his website, referencing his 2010 run: “Though I was labeled an ‘extremist’ by the likes of Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich for telling the truth, both of our sitting senators now routinely engage in such “extremist” rhetoric with respect to federal overreach, government spending, and entitlement reform. Yet they are still unwilling to tackle the tough issues.”

Mississippi:  You know.  No offense to Roger Wicker.  But when the ricin was mailed to two people:  Barack Obama and Roger Wicker.  I’m guessing that the authorities could pretty much limit the search for the culprit to the state of Mississippi.  Becauses… um… Roger Wicker?

Roger Wicker once hired the Elvis Impersonator who sent the ricin.

Arkansas.  I suppose if he were to jump into the Republican Senate nomination fight, he would get a few more votes than comfortable.  We watch as Mark Pryor shuffles out of gay marriage and gun control.  And I guess Tom Cotton, one term Representative and immediately assuming the mantle of “New Hero of Current Right”, is… is he the front runner?  As always, we have that flanking to the right going on against the Club for Growth Conservative — though the premise is not right:  Pryor feels the need to shore up the vote by declaring this thing; Cotton don’t.

Michigan.  Well, Justin Amash may go one step further than Tom Cotton’s “don’t much care, but no”.  But then we’re just back to the economics.

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