A few months back, a fan of one of the "more progressive" candidates for the MA-05 special election was blathering on and on about how his state rep. candidate was going to win.
I told him his guy wasn't going to win. We even tried to bet. He said, If my guy wins, you'l donate money to him. If his guy lost, he would donate money to my favorite candidate. I said, No, let's bet steak dinners! Screw this donate to the candidates buddy. I want some beers and a steak for proving you WRONG! But, he chickened out, so whatever.
Well, the election was held today and his guy lost - handily - by two pretty powerful women. In fact, if you look at the results, it is clear that the two so-called progressive male candidates clearly helped siphon off enough votes for the more moderate woman, Tsongas, to win, over the more progressive and better candidate, Donoghue.
Since I can't find the guy in my comments - for whatever reason, there are only comments from August in my file - I can't rub it in his face. It's no biggie. But, to the Eldridge fan who I was trying to make a bet with, you lose buddy ... and the worst candidate won. However, I said she would. I still think you owe me a steak.