Balls and Walnuts
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Geeks rule!
This warmed my heart:
The scientist and engineer activists are out in full effect, including current and former Fermilab scientists and support staff and academic colleagues of Bill’s. There are several people here from around the country who went to grad school with Bill and are incredibly excited about his campaign.
Some background: in Illinois today (IL-14), voters will select the replacement for former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert. IL-14 is a solid red district, and this election was never supposed to be much of a horse race. Conventional wisdom had it that Republican dairy millionaire Jim Oberweis would take the seat without much fight. But then former Fermilab physicist Bill Foster (who got his doctorate from Harvard) stepped into the race. (Look at him, he even looks like an eggheaded geek. GEEKS EFFIN RULE! Do you hear me? WE RULE! Yes, I contributed to Foster.)
Now, it’s a competitive seat, and it’s costing the NRCC nearly one-third of its cash on hand to try to hang onto it.
I’m following the results here. Nothing back yet.
FOSTER WINS!
Remember, live blogging tonight.
D.
Just had to stop by and give you a heads-up (heh) about my link of the week this week–it sounded like something you’d find entertaining.
Sorry we missed liveblogging last night: we had a guest.
Well, it is interesting that Foster won. Interesting indeed. I pray that it is a portent for November.
Kewl.
I wonder if this means Americans are waking up?
Yup, we’re very hopeful about this. Could be one major league HUGE pendulum swing.
Scientist turns politician! Go! Go! Go!
After all look where one not-so-mild mannered PhD Physical Chemist is these days… Angela Merkel! (I just love her. A woman scientist from the East now running Germany!
I didn’t realize Merkel had that background. Coolness!