Tom Ferrick captures Street:

I knew I was going to win. Axelrod came to me a week before the election and said: The polls are in, and you are ahead by 15 points.

I hug him and say: You are a genius, Mr. Media Consultant. I'm glad I didn't fire you.

He says: Don't thank me, thank the FBI.

I say: You mean, I could have saved that $7 million I spent on TV ads?

He says: I hate to admit it, but it looks that way. I spent two months and millions of dollars to get the voters to sympathize with you. The feds got the job done in one week with that bug they planted. And it didn't cost you a dime.

I say: Oh, in that case, you are fired!

I was joking, of course. (Who says I don't have a sense of humor?) I'm not firing Axelrod. I'm just going to stiff him a little on his final payment. Ha!

How this guy continues to write for a liberal paper in the most democratic of towns is astonishing. I'm not saying by any stretch that he is a conservative, however, going against any democrat in this town usually means death.