The Gubernator

Great news about our illustrious governor, Mr. Jim Gibbons - he of the 30-odd% approval rating, who has variously been accused of sexual harassment (twice), hiring an illegal immigrant while campaigning against illegal immigration (which he did) and taking 10's of thousands of dollars as a US Congressman to steer defense contracts to certain people (the email exchange between the briber and his wife went, "Please don't forget to bring the money you promised Jim and Dawn [on the cruise we're paying for, which the Gibbons' never disclosed as required by House ethics rules]"; and the response, "Don't you ever send this kind of message to me! Erase this message from your computer right now!" Excuse me, alleged briber). He's now getting a divorce! By which I mean, he's getting divorced again! That's right, this family-values supporting, conservative Mormon who's ready to stand up against the Godless liberals who don't respect certain traditional institutions is now in the midst of his second divorce. Consider some interesting tid bits from this saga:

* The Governor chose to move out of the Governor's Mansion in Carson City in favor of the couple's Reno home when the two separated, prompting many to wonder if he is breaking a Nevada law which mandates the Governor reside at the seat of government.

* The Governor is now seeking a court order to remove his wife from said mansion.

* In this supposedly amicable divorce, Mr. Gibbons has asked the court to order his wife to pay his attorney's fees and has sealed all proceedings from the public.

* Dawn Gibbons is contesting the sealing of the records--she apparently wants everything, from witness testimony to financial records, available to the general public.

* Jim Gibbons said, in front of a large group of people while a US Congressman, "Tree hugging, Birkenstock wearing, hippie, tie dyed liberals [in Hollywood should]… go make their movies and their music and whine somewhere else…. It's just too damn bad we didn't buy them a ticket...to become human shields in Iraq."

* And, when accused of sexual harassment during his gubernatorial campaign, he said, again for the record, "I learned an important lesson: never to offer a helping hand to anybody ever again."

OK, those last two had nothing to do with the divorce, but they're appropriately ridiculous.

Also....

Anyone want to guess who Cody's supporting for the presidential race? I'm going to go with Hillary Clinton. :-)

I'm Done! (sort of)

The Virginia state elections were yesterday. At around 9:00 pm last night, enough precincts had reported in that we were able to call the election in our favor; at about 10:00 pm last night, Doug Boulter (our opponent) called in to concede. Officially as of this morning, the numbers were 10,378 votes to 5,652, or 64.66% to 35.21%. Winning an election almost two votes to one feels pretty good, but right now I'm ready to take a break from working 14 hours a day and not having to think about precinct letters or voter turnout or canvassing or anything else.
In other good news, the Barker for Senate race pulled out a huge victory for the Democratic party, and became one of the four seats the Democrats took back last night to regain control of the Senate. So, all around, it was very good night last night. And now that I have more time, I will (!) do a better job of posting more frequently than once every few months.

It's Been a While

...since I've posted, and this one won't be too long, but I promise to do something with this blog at some point in the near future.
The campaign has been going well, although it's quite stressful and requires long hours--this week I worked about 75 hours, and we haven't even hit the crazy part starting late September/early October when the campaigns really heat up. I'm just glad I'm working in an office with a bunch of other campaign staffers who are fun to hang out with...I'm not sure how I'd keep my sanity if I were the only one here or if I didn't enjoy being around the other campaigns. On the good news front, Jeff's been endorsed by a number of local organizations and people, including the FEA (a teacher's association) and the FC Chamber of Commerce (yes, the Democrat was endorsed over a Republican by the Chamber of Commerce and, moreover, I don't think it was a difficult decision for them). I probably shouldn't post too many other details about the campaign, but all-in-all, we're in good shape.
Since the campaign is slowly but surely consuming my life, there isn't a whole lot else to report. I'm just looking forward to November 6th when all the hard work will pay off (knock on wood!).