His two affairs and bribery of at least one woman inexplicably were not treated to wall-to-wall treatment on all networks as Foley’s inappropriate e-mails to pages in ’06, but Mahoney did have to pay a price. Good to see that. It’s one of just a few pick-ups Republicans can look forward to tonight. Pennsylvania’s Rep. John Murtha, who got into trouble after calling his constituents “racists” and “rednecks,” just called his race for himself, but no network has called it yet. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) is still in some trouble, up against Republican John Kennedy. The two are only separated by several thousand, and one of them has to get 50 percent in a three-way race or they go to a run-off. Perhaps Jindal’s popularity in the state and Landrieu’s ineptitude will be enough to counteract the prevailing political winds.
