Congressional Catfight: Dewey Defeats Truman
Actually, no. But considering how close our latest race was, confusion over the winner would be understandable. We couldn't write the headline for the post until after closing the polls -- which we had to attempt multiple times, since the first few times we tried, our fighters were tied.
Following on the heels of the nailbiter between Nancy Pelosi and Sheila Jackson-Lee, we had another insanely close Congressional Catfight on our hands. Katherine Harris and Barney Frank were tied at 1407 votes apiece, then tied again at 1409. At 11: 26 AM, Frank edged ahead, with 1412 votes to Katy's 1410. At 11:29 AM, they were tied again, at 1413 each.
As we pledged to do yesterday, we tried to close the polls at 11: 30 AM Eastern time. We tried to close them at 11:30 AM on the dot, but Harris and Frank were still tied. We tried again, a few second later; still tied. Finally, at approximately 11:31 AM, we managed to close the voting. And here are the results:
WOW -- the closest catfight ever. Pelosi defeated Jackson-Lee by three votes, out of 2,639 cast, but Barney Frank just scored an even narrower victory: a one-vote margin, out of 2,829 votes cast.
To be totally honest, your editors are perhaps a teensy bit disappointed that our beloved Katherine didn't make it to the finals. And having Cynthia McKinney knocked out so early surprised us too. But Congressional Catfight isn't about our preferences; it's about the popular will. And you, the people, have spoken.
Representative Pelosi: Are you ready to wrestle with Barney Frank?
Update: Sorry, we take this all back. As discussed in thecomments , there have been some voting irregularities. We're going to be having a tiebreaker poll -- details to follow later today.
Further update: You can vote in the runoff by clickinghere .