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MAY 25,  2022

UNFINISHED RACES – OVERNIGHT:  Several critical primary races remain undecided.

PENNSYLVANIA – FROM CNN: 

Pennsylvania's Republican Senate primary is headed for a recount after celebrity heart surgeon Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund director Dave McCormick finished in a near tie in the May 17th contest.

Acting Pennsylvania secretary of State Leigh Chapman made the announcement Wednesday, noting that the margin between the two candidates was just 902 votes after all of Pennsylvania's counties reported their unofficial results to the state on Tuesday -- within the 0.5% automatic recount threshold. Chapman reported that Oz, who was backed by former President Donald Trump, had 419,365 votes and McCormick had 418,463 votes.

McCormick, as the second highest vote-getter, could have chosen to waive his right to a recount but decided not to. Counties can begin the recount as early as Friday but must begin no later than June 1. Counties must finish counting by noon on June 7 and submit their results by noon on June 8.

COMMENT:  The seat is currently held by Senator Pat Toomey, a Republican.  This is a must-hold for Republicans if they want to take control of the U.S. Senate in the November elections.

TEXAS – FROM THE NEW YORK POST: 

Centrist Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) declared victory early Wednesday morning in his primary challenge from left-wing “Squad” candidate Jessica Cisneros in a runoff election — despite the race remaining too close to call.

As of Wednesday evening, Cuellar held a 175-vote edge, less than a one-point lead, with 95% of voting precincts reporting in the district — which stretches from the eastern limits of San Antonio to Laredo on the Mexican border.

The margin was 50.2% for Cuellar to 49.8% for Cisneros.

“Tonight the 28th Congressional District spoke, and we witnessed our great Democratic system at work,” Cuellar wrote in a statement posted to Twitter. “The results are in, all the votes have been tallied- I am honored to have once again been re-elected as the Democratic Nominee for Congress.”

COMMENT:  This is possibly the most watched Congressional race in the country.  Cuellar is the last remaining pro-life Democrat in the House of Representatives, and is kind of the House's Joe Manchin.  He symbolizes the dying breed of moderate Dems.  As a result, he is despised by progressives, who put enormous amounts of money into the race.  Led by AOC of New York, who may not know where Texas is, the leftists pounded Cuellar on almost every issue.  Bernie Sanders flew down to campaign against him. 

Cuellar's opponent, Jessica Cisneros,  is the ultimate leftist nutjob.  Among other things, she doesn't believe in any borders at all. 

Even though they disagree with Cuellar on many issues, leaders of the Democratic establishment came in to campaign for him.  They included Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina.   They fear that if Cisneros wins the nomination, she will be defeated in November and cost the Democrats a seat in the House.  The district is moderate Democrat, not crazy Democrat. 

Watch this one closely.  I want Cuellar to win.  Yes, I'd prefer a Republican, but he's close enough.  The danger of a Cisneros nomination is that she might actually win in November, which would put another extremist in the House.

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MAY 24,  2022

THE TRAGEDY –– OVERNIGHT:  I have little to add to the coverage of the school shooting in Texas, which left 21 dead.  The media will go through the usual, required reactions and expressions of grief.  We will hear the ritualistic calls for gun control.  And in a week the story will fade.  We'll then wait for the next disaster. 

I have only three questions:

1) Isn't it time to demand that government agencies bow to common sense and harden every school in America?  Armed guards if necessary.  Buzzer systems that are commonly used to protect banks and jewelry stores.  Volunteer parents acting as lookouts at all entrances to the school.  Trained and armed teachers, where parents approve.  And a widespread recognition that the only thing that will work will be a safety protocol that prevents a shooter from getting into the school in the first place.  And an accompanying recognition that prevention, not weeping after the fact, is the first obligation of government.  These steps may not suit the ideological left, but when has the left ever cared about children?  These actions work.  They work every day in the protection of institutions from assault. 

2) Who are the "mental health professionals" who make so many comments after these events, and presumably spend their time evaluating dangerous kids?  Are they actually qualified?  What are their track records?  Time after time we learn that a shooter had been through a psychiatric evaluation and had been cleared.  Why?  What are the standards? 

We are a diploma-crazy nation.  Someone hangs his diploma on a wall, and he's automatically made a junior god.  But I wonder about all the misses by these "professionals."  We should accept no authority to guide us who hasn't had real experience, with an excellent record, and we should not be dazzled by that diploma, or the gold thing that hangs from the graduation cap.  If "professionals" had all the answers, we wouldn't need them any longer.

3)  Why can't we use modern tracking techniques to determine that a weapon is approaching a school?  We can track iPhones, even just to find them.  We should be able, electronically, to track guns in the vicinity of schools.  Sure, there may be privacy issues, but these can be overcome by strict protocols.  The police get search warrants.  They can get a warrant to track a suspicious signal.  We have not put our technical skills to work to protect against shooters.

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