Stupak's fortunes adrift

It is with great pleasure and just a touch of schadenfreude that we point to this column, in which Bart Stupak's prospects for re-election are discussed. May the kiss of Judas be upon him.

“Tough district, but not many people want a sellout for a congressman,” concludes this Washington Republican. “He voted with Pelosi and against his district and he is going to have to defend that vote.” 

“Stupak is now really in a tough spot,” says Fred Wszolek, a veteran GOP consultant who just signed on with Benishek. “He’s in a strongly conservative, pro-life district and his only real connectionwas on cultural issues. But he infuriated the Left on the way to infuriating the Right. It’s hard to see who his base now is. Where he ended up on this issue was a big problem for him, but the way he got there was just incomprehensible. . . . I think Stupak is really toast this time.”