In Special Election, Being Wexleresque Figures to Be an Advantage

• yeah, Deutch is vanilla enough to be made into a wexler-esque caste. It fits, and he supports most of the main topic points. He'll be in there long enough to get comfortable, though whether it's as long as Wexler's reign remains to be seen. The question that no one's been asking is this- who takes Ted's seat? Irv will want to go for it, because lets face it- what else would he be doing? He's an unstable character, no credible endorsements, plus he may not have an extra 3 million dollars to throw out at another losing campaign. Point is, there may not be enough bagels he can buy this time around. Sachs is the best option. she can talk the district 30 talk, she's from the Palm Beach side, she'd be comfortable in the district, and she's got her name out there. She put in enough time on the House side w/ 2 terms and a few good laws passed. But really, too much fun to see an articulate woman up against Irv. Just get him angry and he starts to splutter all over the place.

• Deutch will be our next Congressman.

• Graber is lying through his teeth when he claims that he uncovered the Wexler residency issue. It was Ed Lynch who did it, and Graber knows it. I heard that Graber tried to talk Ed Lynch out of running against Wexler during the last election with a promise of a position in his congressional office if Graber won. Ed turned him down and ended up getting more votes than Graber anyway. Graber should throw in the towel now before he embarrasses himself again with another losing campaign. I know Ed Lynch, and he is a true political outsider (I'd even go so far as to say a genuine "maverick") who is untainted by the culture of corruption in South Florida, and he should be given serious consideration by the press if he runs again.

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