US elections: Unhappy hour for the GOP
With the House of Representatives looking like more and more of a lock for Democrats, what is a Republican staffer to do on a Friday night before the election? Joe Pouliot, communications director for Sherry Boehlert, head of the Science Committee, is at Tortilla Coast, a Capitol Hill "GOP staff hangout" according to the Washington Post. He says that since Boehlert had already announced his intention to retire, things have been quiet for a while. "Some people are helping out with other campaigns; other folks are sprucing up their resumes, or catching up on work." Pouliot says that from his ringside seat the one hot science issue in this midterm election has clearly been stem cells. "It has actually been a key issue in some races." I let the man go with no further shop talk. With the kind of midterm his party can expect, he deserves a margarita.