Political Bits

The Republicans of Florida appear likely to give Katherine Harris a victory in the Senate primary today. Freakin' unbelievable.

The write-in candidacy for Sekula-Gibbs in Tom Delay's old district (TX-22) is going to be made far more difficult by the electronic voting machines, "The vast majority of voters in the district for the first time will use eSlate voting machines that will require voters, for a write-in, to dial up one letter at a time and press ''enter'' after each letter."

(Let me add that the way these machines work, you won't be able to look at the "special election" section for spelling help.)

And, Trust me, Josh. We're all counting the days.,

"With President Bush's sagging poll numbers and the possibility that Democrats might take back the House in November, White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten has developed a special motivational technique to keep West Wing staffers focused on getting things done in the next 2 1/2 years. Bolten has distributed to key aides a "countdown clock"-a cellphone-size timepiece that gives a digital readout of the time remaining in the Bush presidency."