Death Watch for Incumbents

The incumbent governor of Alaska lost the Republican primary yesterday. He came in a distant third. Here's what one Alaskan said about her attitudes in the vote for the woman who will be the Republicans' likely candidate.

“She’s a Christian, she hasn’t slammed anyone and she’s true to her values,” said Ms. Burt, 65, a retired truck driver who said she has lived in Alaska since 1949, a decade before statehood. “I don’t want to see any more of those good old boys in there. We want to get some fresh blood.”

Let's hope this is the start of a trend. We can call the theme of this year's elections "The Spirit of Ball's Bluff" - the Civil War battle in which a US Senator got his brains shot out.