Lueck'ed

Congrats to Mayor Steve Luecke on his almost overly successful re-election bid, 60%-38%. Anyone else think the South Bend Tribune oversamples Republicans a wee bit?

Congrats as well to Jeff Rea, who isn't too bad as far as Republicans go.

Hoosier politics: in which Juan Manigault cries me a river

Is it just me, or are these Republican mayoral candidates fragile little wilting flowers? Jeff Rea has at least not been in the mudfight, but for Juan Manigault to cry foul about negative campaigning and "personal attacks" (which is, apparently, GOP-speak for criticizing a Republican's job performance) is pretty rich.

Sauce for the goose, Juan. Sauce for the goose.

[post edited to unmix the metaphors and add clarity.]

and so it begins...

So our illustrious mayor has won his primary (with nearly 80% of the vote, no less, though it appears that about 12 people voted this year), and is well-positioned for November. I would like to draw attention, however, to the GOP primary, which was really the race to watch. This is hysterical:

Miller conceded about an hour after the polls closed.
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"Terry Miller was a formidable candidate," Manigault said, adding that Miller has promised to help him in his fall campaign.

Miller said later that he did not make such a promise.

Miller declined to elaborate on the election results. "That's the way it goes," Miller said when reached at his home by telephone.

Did anyone else read about Terry Miller and picture Beau Bridges' character from My Name is Earl?