Late Night Report

There were elections today.  In primaries for the senatorial recall elections in Wisconsin, the Democrats (the real ones--not the patently fake Dems the GOPers put on the ballot as one of several ploys to confuse the electorate) seem all to have won.  The final election will be next month.  It looks as though the Wisconsin Senate will be switching to a Democratic majority by the fall, despite every desperate and totalitarian tactic the GOPers have thrown in the way.

There was a congressional election in California, for the seat of retiring Jane Harman.  At the moment Democrat  Janice Hahn is exceeding expectations, and may well be on her way to a blowout victory. Update: Hahn has won by slightly over 9 points.

So far Mitch McConnell's proposal to essentially raise the debt ceiling without agreed upon budget cuts is being widely viewed as a GOPer surrender and a victory for President Obama.  But it's not really over.  There may be twists and turns still to come.