Not since South Carolina's Republican governor went hiking the Appalachian Trail has The Fold Blog seen such a busy news day. Primaries, special elections, Disciples of God having affairs in state parks, A Marine getting a little slap happy with his service record and much more for this wacky Tuesday. To make sure everyone catches all the big stories of the day here's a quick rundown.
- Maybe the biggest news of the day, Sestak beats Specter in the PA Democratic Primary.
- 8-term Republican Congressman Mark Souder-- and moral values champion and traditional marriage protectorate-- is forced to resign after admitting affair with staffer.
- Conn. Attorney General and Democratic candidate for U.S.Senate has to recant previous statements about his false service in the Vietnam War. Shame.
- Not a big surprise but Republicans will paint it as some sort of Revolution!, Rand Paul wins KY Republican Senate Primary.
- GOP puts the breaks on Financial Regulation. Who could have guessed that?
- A high school math teacher in Alabama was paid a visit by the Secret Service for using an example of shooting President Obama to explain a question about angles. Huh?
- GOP candidate for Congress in MA has some more explaining to do for his role in strip searches of teenage girls when he was a police officer. Double huh?
- Democrats retain John Murtha's seat in PA.
- And finally, the Dow has another triple digit loss.
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