Textbook Illustration Of "The Republican Psyche"

Rep. Scott DesJarlais

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_DesJarlais

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Companion Piece:

Sen. Lisa Murkowski Lawyers Send Cease-And-Desist Letter, Demanding That Democratic Senator Take Down As Showing Them Smiling Together

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/08/1320103/-Sen-Lisa-Murkowski-demands-Democratic-senator-take-down-ad-showing-them-smiling-together?detail=email

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Never underestimate the ability of a Republican to swallow jaw-dropping levels of hypocrisy by one of their own.

Latest count from AP has challenger Jim Tracy ahead of Rep Scott DesJarlais R-TN by 4 votes #TN04
— @jamiedupree

You remember Rep. Scott Desjarlais (R-TN), the "pro-family" guy with a history that includes "alleged spousal abuse, serial adultery, sexual relationships with patients and at least three occasions of encouraging a woman to have an abortion (twice his soon-to-be-former wife, once a patient)." Well, he might just win in this very tight primary.

Right now it's down to absentee and provisional ballots. Tennessee doesn't have an automatic recount, although candidates can go to a judge to request one. There's no available estimate on how many absentee and provisional ballots are still out there, so there's a slim possibility that Tennessee's fourth district voters can redeem themselves by booting DesJarlais. That's an exceedingly slim possibility, considering he's contending so strongly in this race.