So during a visit to the Miami headquarters, Crist took small nibbles of three products coming to a Burger King near you: the "Bourbon Whopper", "BK fire-grilled ribs" and funnel cake sticks.
"Oh my word, that is delicious. Get it away from me," after taking a bite of the hamburger with the familiar toppings of lettuce, tomato, onions and mayo and an added kick of bacon, pepperjack cheese and Bourbon sauce. Of the ribs he said, "Unbelievable...that is delicious. Superb." He declared the funnel cake sticks -- which he declined to dip in the icing to save himself a few calories -- "kind of light and flaky, like a beignet." He added, "Probably dangerous for my diet to have come here."
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How about something a little bit different this week: In the comments, tell us about your favorite electoral race(s) of all time.
I have a lot of personal favorites myself, but at or near the top of the list was 2008's gong show in NY-13, a sordid story of which you are all familiar. Every week in that contest was more entertaining than the last!
UPDATE (David): I'm doing something I don't think I've ever had to do before at SSP - I'm closing the comments on this thread. I am very disappointed right now. I'm pretty tired of reminding people that this is the Swing State Project, and we discuss politics, not policy, here. You all know that. What's more, the kind of personal attacks on display in this thread are completely unacceptable here.
Rotten Tomatoes is out with its list of the 100 worst-reviewed movies of the past ten years. How many of those have you seen? To my great relief, I can honestly answer "zero".
A special reminder to all state legislature fans out there (and I know there are a few of you): tomorrow will feature a special election for a GOP-held Delaware House seat. If Democrats can win the seat, they'll have a supermajority in the state House. Josh over at Ballot Box has another excellent rundown on the race. (UPDATE: The GOP wins by 324 votes.)
11:06PM: It's over - Hanson wins! Congratulations! Final tally: 3,932 to 3,825. Burgmeier actually carried Wapello by four votes, but it wasn't enough. Anyhow, this is great news... for John McCain!
10:55PM: Pass the dutchie 'pon the lef' han' side... looks like our friends at the Wapello County Board of Elections are taking a bit of a ganja break.
10:38PM: The first two precincts in Wapello have come in, and they are looking good for Hanson - he leads there 339-178. Burgmeier would need to carry those last six precincts by an 18-point margin to eke out a win.
10:34PM: All of the outstanding precincts are in Wapello Co., which Obama won with 55% of the vote last fall.
10:33PM: Much closer now - 20 of 28 precincts, and Hanson's lead is just 3,335 to 3,224.
10:22PM: Polls are closed in Iowa, and with a quarter of precincts reporting (all from Jefferson Co.), Dem Carl Hanson has a lead of 2,050 to 1,441.
James provided some background on both of tonight's special elections in this earlier post. Polls close in Iowa at 10pm Eastern time, and in California at 11pm. UPDATE: Via folks in comments, Gov. Schwarzenegger has ordered that results be held until 10pm Pacific (1am Eastern) so that firefighters from the district who are fighting fires in Southern California can have extra time to vote.
