Bad timing

Right before an important election is a really bad time to get hit with the mother of all head colds, but this is nevertheless what I did. I'm recovering now, but I figured I owed you an explanation for the silence. Moving on:

1. Senator Ted Stevens has managed to do the impossible and offend the Alaskan people enough (by being found guilty of 7 federal counts of misconduct) that there's a chance of him losing his Senate seat. Hallelujah! Although I note on CNN that he's asking Alaskan voters to "stand with me".
Huh?? That is one narcissistic senator. Much like others I could mention.

UPDATE: Via Instapundit, at the Club for Growth:

"I think he can win. He's the best thing for that, for the Senate. Alaskans know this.

"[...]I think that's going to be, you know, a matter of opinion. I can remember Richard Nixon, you know, his years of service, what he's done, and everybody were ridiculing him and he ended up being the greatest president in the history of our century.

-- Don Young, Alaska's one and only House Representative.

Alaska's congressional delegation is an embarrassment.

2. The GOP spent $150,000 on making Sarah Palin national-campaign-presentable. There are three problems with this:
a. I REALLY enjoyed mocking John Edwards $400 haircuts.
b. That's a heck of a lot of money.
c. Why is it deemed impossible to look presentable in something that costs less than $150? If that's so, then the vast majority of American women have no business going anywhere other than Wal-Mart and McDonald's. A $20 shirt is not a crime against fashion if it fits you and you look nice in it. Heck, neither is a $5 shirt. Would it have killed the campaign/GOP/whomever to acknowledge that and save the money for, say, Michigan?
I'm not trying to say that Palin should be running around in $40 outfits, by the way. I doubt they would hold up against a campaign schedule, although they do just fine for most. I'm just saying that it doesn't need to be flown in from New York, either.

3. What is with the McCain adviser calling Palin a "diva" (also on CNN)? Way to kill your own ticket, guy. Also, way to chicken out and do it anonymously. Way to grant the interview in the first place and grant an already-biased media more ammo that they didn't need. Nicely done, that.

4. I am a Joe the Plumber fan.

5. The election is a week from today. The polls are erratic. It ain't over till it's over.

We shall see.