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WYOMING GOVERNOR CHOOSES OBAMA OVER RACE & GENDER: Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, a former Clinton appointee, has endorsed Barack Obama. Barack Obama may or may not have promised to deliver the state’s first escalator and potentially electricity. [AP/WP]

Have you ever wondered how many escalators there are, total, in Wyoming? Wonkette western operative “Scott” certainly does, and so he e-mailed the governor of Wyoming to ask him directly. Responding to this e-mail was ever-so-slightly beneath the governor of Wyoming’s job duties, so he delegated a policy analyst instead. What do the results show about the number of escalators in Wyoming? MORE »

It’s too early to project a winner, etc., so Barack Obama has won the Wyoming Caucus 59%-40 with all but five caucus locations reporting out of 23. Nobody knows how many delegates, super delegates and “underwater space delegates” Wyoming has to offer, although many experts suggest 12 delegates were up for grabs today at the caucus. Did you know Obama wins these caucus contests by his secret cheating and mind control? It’s true! [Reuters/Bloomberg]

AS WYOMING GOES, SO GOES THE …. The Wyoming Caucus is crazy! There are thousands of people trying to get inside tiny barns or whatever, because there are 18 delegates at stake, and that could really not really decide anything, either. Nobody has noticed a Democratic Caucus since 1960, which is like a half-century ago. [AP/Google]

What the hell happened to the Cubins? Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-Wyoming) was apparently hospitalized on September 15th after suffering a “fall” — a fall she had while “attending to her sick husband in the Casper hospital.” Both were released last week. Her press office says Rep. Cubin was merely hospitalized for a broken foot, and her husband (Dr. “Fritz” Cubin) has an unnamed “immune disorder,” but maybe someone is out to get them? [Billings Gazette]

After Wyoming’s Senator Craig Thomas suddenly died earlier this year, state legislator and licensed physician John Barrasso was appointed to serve out the remainder of his term. Barrasso’s first couple days were a confusing whirlwind of activity as he bumbled around the Capitol getting in the wrong elevators, carjacking Senator Jay Rockeffeller, and voting against immigration bills. MORE »

The sudden death of Senator Craig Thomas means great opportunities for you, if you’re a Republican who lives in Wyoming. You could be the next Senator from our country’s least populous state, thus living out your dream of having a ridiculously disproportionate amount of power in an ostensibly representative democracy!

The Wyoming GOP has actually posted an application for the job on their website, which means they’re about a week away from looking on craigslist (or Wonkette Jobs!), depending on how this turns out.

We actually got our hands on one of the applications, and we’ve posted it for your edification, after the jump.

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The Cheneys and the Clintons are so much alike, it’s crazy. Just like Bill Clinton was president and then Hillary Clinton became a senator, now Lynne Cheney is going to be appointed senator while her husband is president. It’s crazy, the way these things happen. MORE »

* Al Gore is planning a global warming concert/rally that will “dwarf Live Aid.” Hopefully, it won’t feature that dwarf from live aid, Bono. [FT]
* Next time Barry Hussein is dropping a deuce and thinking, “Gee, I wonder how I should run my Presidential campaign,” GQ will have him covered. [GQ]
* Donatella Versace thinks Hillary Clinton should wear more skirts and dresses. Donatella Versace also thinks a half ounce of yay is breakfast. [Suitably Flip]
* Wyoming plays the “I know you are, but what am I?” game with New Hampshire. [Election Central]
* John Edwards’ campaign bloggers were a hard target, new softer enemies include “subversive knitters.” [Michelle Malkin]
* Dennis Hastert ruined the free Air Force plane use for everybody. [Think Progress]
* Tonight’s book party for Terry McAuliffe is totally crashworthy, for the guest list and for the two-grand bottles of cognac. [Washington Whispers]

Another lingering House race was finally settled today, when Connecticut Republican Rob Simmons conceded to Joe Courtney after a 2nd District recount gave it to the Dems by just 91 votes. Oh, and they both showed up for Orientation Week, which is kind of hilarious. MORE »