See what happens if you let one moron steal an election. Now ALL the morons want to steal one

TPM gets it right again:

Republicans have developed a lot of know-how in the last couple years at stealing elections. But I must confess to a certain confusion about how one steals an election by fielding a candidate. The idea seems to be that for Doug Forrester, Frank Lautenberg is an unfairly strong candidate. And that Forrester is somehow damaged by Lautenberg’s electability.

Giving it some thought, and considering the Supreme Court’s decisions in Bush v. Gore, it even seems possible that this might be the basis of an equal protection claim for Forrester. Forrester entered the race with the reasonable expectation that he would only face a candidate either equally lame or more lame than him, but not less lame. It’s almost an implied contract he has with the state’s electorate, right? Putting a new candidate on the ballot now violates this insufferable chump’s right to coast into office without facing an actual opponent. But I digress …