2010: It's a Race to the Bottom Alvin Greene, Meg Whitman, Christine O'Donnell, oh my! By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff Posted Oct 2, 2010 9:11 AM CDT 24 comments Comments Sharron Angle vs. Harry Reid is the year's worst contest, writes Gail Collins. (AP) View 8 more images (Newser) – The crazies have come pouring out of the woodwork, writes Gail Collins in a survey of the 2010 election landscape. Sure, not much is new about Carl Paladino and Andrew Cuomo frustrating New Yorkers' simple dream "of having a governor whose sex life is a complete mystery," but head down to South Carolina, where "the most impossible Republican in the Senate," Jim DeMint, is looking pretty good next to "apparently delusional Democrat" Alvin Greene. Tough choice, South Carolina. Let's not forget about Christine O'Donnell, she of Satanic altar dates and numerous resume malfunctions. And wacky Jan Brewer fled her "horrible" and only debate performance with reporters screaming for her to address "the question about the headless bodies!” But, writes the New York Times columnist, for true awfulness, go West: A "non-event" between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle, in which they refused to appear onstage simultaneously, ended when "two female Reid supporters and a male Angle fan got into a fistfight." A recent Harry Reid-Sharron Angle "event," in which the candidates refused to appear onstage at the same time, ended with a fistfight between two female Reid supporters and a male Angle supporter. (AP) Christine O'Donnell's got that whole anti-masturbation thing going, but she also "keeps having r?sum? problems, and it appears that she has particular trouble keeping track of where she went to college." (AP) Carl Paladino "attempted to protect his love child from the prying news media by accusing his opponent, Andrew Cuomo, of having 'paramours,' " Collins writes. (AP) Andrew Cuomo may or may not have had "paramours," but New Yorkers look to be again frustrated in their quest "a governor whose sex life is a complete mystery." (AP) Alvin Greene is "facing a felony charge and pushing a jobs platform that involves putting people to work creating action figures of Alvin Greene." (AP) Get ready to envy South Carolina voters: "The most impossible Republican in the Senate," Jim DeMint, or "apparently delusional" Alvin Greene. (AP) The California governor's race has "degenerated into a debate over whether Meg Whitman should take a lie detector test to refute the weepy claims of her undocumented ex-housekeeper," left. Also, Gloria... (AP) Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer "stomped away from her horrible debate performance while reporters yelled: 'Governor, please answer the question about the headless bodies!' " (AP)
