Democrat Kay Hagan has defeated Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina. Dole is the wife of former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole.
This is from the Charlotte Observer:
Hagan was a little-known state senator from Greensboro when she entered the race to unseat Dole a year ago. But Democrats, eager to reach a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, rushed to her aid with millions of dollars in advertising that tarnished Dole's name and left voters with the impression she was entrenched in Washington, and ineffective and out of touch with the state.The loss for Dole, from a well-known political family, likely ends a political career that included two postings in Republican cabinets and a run for the White House. She'll leave the senate after one term.
Yeah, well that's what Dole gets for denigrating non-believers. We're people too.
Booyah! Ohio goes to Obama. Almost time to pull the champagne off ice.
Oh, I'm already on my second glass of celebrating.
She shot herself in the foot.
She has no one to blame but herself.
Wife and I did drink champagne this evening, cheap stuff, but for some reason it tasted sooooo goooood!
Second only to Obama's win in making me happy was Dole's loss. The moral depth to which she sank to win is stunning. I will not hope that she burns in h#ll for her filthy "godless" ad--that's between her and her creator. I won't hope that she loses the defamation of character lawsuit that Hagen is rightfully bringing against her--that's between her and an earthly judge and jury. I do hope that her ad caused her to lose her Senate seat--that the decent citizens of North Carolina were so repelled by the vile ad that they voted for Hagen. That would be just. Her ad was to Hagen's campaign what Bush policy is to Al Qaeda--their best recruitng tool. Hopefully North Carolinians sensed the terrible precedent of winning an election following such an ad. In future elections the candidates would have to up the filth ante beyond the terrible threshold set by Dole. That way lies anarchy. The ad makes it clear that Dole is the godless one. She could begin to redeem herself with a national (local isn't good enough because the ad was so repellent that it got press outside of NC--I heard it on NPR in DC, no charge to the Dole campaign) press conference in which she apologizes for her shameful ad.