BEDBUG BLOOMBUG UPDATE: New York’s Bed Bug Battle. While this problem was festering, Bloomberg was worrying about outdoor smoking, and salt.

PUSHING AN Election Day Tea Party.

MORE THOUGHTS ON DELAWARE, from Bryan Preston.

ANN ALTHOUSE: “President Obama’s back to school speech contained blatant lies… and if there were any students not bright enough to notice that they were hearing lies, the lies, in their particular cases, were, ironically, bigger lies.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Listening to Disgruntled Law Grads.

Steven Martorelli is preparing to graduate from UConn’s law school in December, and he’s currently interning at a firm in Waterbury. He is a part-time student who started a Meriden-based side business that provides credit card processing services to restaurants and other businesses.

Going to law school was a way to diversify his career options, and he’s not eager to join the “scam blog” bandwagon. “Law school was a hedge against my business and my business was a hedge against law school,” he said. “There’s not a guarantee in life. You can’t rely on a school to provide your job.”

But many students do rely on their J.D. to put food on the table, according to the scam bloggers. And that’s why they question the salary and job placement figures trumpeted by law schools.

“Does babysitting count as employment?” queried a third-year UConn law student who asked to remain anonymous. UConn reported this year that 89.9 percent of its 2009 graduating class found employment, but that figure includes temporary jobs and positions outside of the legal industry. Other law schools, such as Quinnipiac and Western New England, also count those jobs toward employment figures.

The third-year student said “it’s terrifying” to think where she and her classmates might end up after graduation next year. “The competition for crappy jobs is amazing,” she said. “The anxiety over getting jobs is palpable.”

And it reaches into the most prestigious schools.

“I have a friend from Harvard Law School who summered at a firm and didn’t get an offer last year,” she said. “If Harvard isn’t a golden ticket, then there’s no golden ticket anymore.”

Read the whole thing. Don’t go into debt for your education. There are no golden tickets anymore. And maybe consider a big state school, though I don’t know if this study carries over to law.

ANOTHER ONE: Paladino wins GOP nomination for NY governor. “Political novice and tea party ally Carl Paladino has beaten the Republican designee in the race for the party’s nomination for New York governor.”

KEVIN WILLIAMSON: “What this really should communicate, I think, is that the Right needs a lot more Club for Growth–style candidate-recruiting efforts. If conservatives do not like O’Donnell, then they should be out identifying better candidates to run against vulnerable RINOs — because somebody is going to run. These incumbent takedowns are going to inspire a lot of new people to get into electoral politics, many of them without the sort of experience or backgrounds that Establishment types are comfortable with. Power, like nature, abhors a vacuum.”

YUK: Breaking News: Drug resistant super-bug found in three states.

DUMB: NRSC Won’t Help O’Donnell Campaign: “Party fractures on full display, Republican aides told Fox News Tuesday that O’Donnell would not be getting national fundraising support.” I repeat: Dumb. Now if O’Donnell loses, activists will blame the party. Did I mention this was dumb? I predict they’ll change their minds on this, and soon.

ANOTHER “OUTSIDER” PULLS AHEAD: News to heal by: Rubio 43, Crist 27, Meek 21. Way ahead. . . .

A WAR AGAINST SWIMMING POOLS?

WISCONSIN: Ron Johnson wins GOP nomination. The Tea Party movement is doing well. I already got a Democratic blast email comparing Johnson to Christine O’Donnell, Rand Paul, etc. What, they forgot to mention Sarah Palin? But they’re gloating about an anticipated internal “blood bath” among Republicans over Delaware.

I DO STILL LOVE MY RX-8: Mickey Kaus emails: “You saw you have the 3d best handling car sold in America, according to Car & Driver? They were shocked by how good it was. Beat BMW M3, Nissan GT-R, Corvette. Lost only to Lotus Elise (a toy) and Porsche Boxster.” Actually, I hadn’t, but I believe it. It handles better than I can drive, so there’s no point in me “upgrading” to something else.

Still trouble-free, too. Had to put in a new battery, but that’s because I loaned it out and the dome light got left on for a week. . . .

UPDATE: Reader George Pepper writes:

“It handles better than I can drive.” Man, I wish more dudes were hip to that. I don’t care for cars, frankly – I drive a truck – but it’s the same deal with motorcycles. I ride a BMW, am in my 50’s, and I regularly waste twenty-something squids through any given set of twisties. Apres ride conversations invariably are a variation on this:

Squid: “Dude! You toasted me and I have a GSXTZFZR- 75,000!”

Me: “Your bike can easily beat my bike, but you can’t beat me.”

lol.

A man’s gotta know his limitations. And I was a lot better at driving much faster than I should when I was in my teens, and had no dependents, even though my car wasn’t nearly as good . . . .

Related: A recent RX-8 post.

Plus: The sports car for nerds. That’s me!

“OH, SHE MUST BE A LAWYER.”

SO THEY’RE CALLING IT FOR CHRISTINE O’DONNELL: It’s yet another win for the Tea Party crowd over G.O.P. insiders. O’Donnell polls weaker than Castle against her Democratic opponent, but just by winning the nomination she’ll probably get a bump. As I mentioned before, the real question is whether people will pull together and strive for harmony now. Will they? That’ll be a major test for the opposition’s seriousness this election cycle.

UPDATE: Related thoughts from Sissy Willis. And doesn’t Mike Castle wish he’d gotten on board with the Tea Party a year ago? And isn’t that a lesson for other folks?

ANOTHER UPDATE: Whatever else you do, read this from Doctor Zero.

MORE: How O’Donnell Pulled It Off.

Plus, from Ann Althouse: “I don’t know that much about O’Donnell, but I was dismayed by efforts to portray her as unstable because she went to court after she was subjected to what she thought was sex discrimination. And I don’t know much about Castle, but why was a 70-year-old man running for a first term in the Senate? That struck me as self-centered vanity at odds with the interests of his party.”

And reader Kevin Greene emails:

“… the real question is whether people will pull together and strive for harmony now. Will they?”

Geez, Glenn. I don’t know. Why don’t you ask sore loser Lisa Murkowski … who just can’t seem to let go of power.

It’s not enough, seemingly, to vote these people out. We have to stomp on them for them to get the message.

Ouch. Well, then they can’t complain about the stomping.

STILL MORE: Prof. Jacobson: Unite For November.

Plus: “Voters want authenticity. That’s why Murkowski lost. That’s why Castle lost.”

MORE STILL: Uh Oh: “Expect more Washington Republicans to start sounding like Tea Party-bashing libs as their entrenched incumbent friends go down.” They’ll willingly sacrifice their principles — but not their friends? . . .

7 MILITARY ROBOTS, now modified for your living room.

REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS: A roundup of book reviews from all over.

PJTV: BILL WHITTLE: Throw Them Out: How The Ruling Class Finds Us.

OKAY, AT THE MOMENT WE DON’T KNOW WHO’S GOING TO WIN IN DELAWARE: But I’ve criticized G.O.P. insiders for playing spoiler when they lost primaries before; I hope they don’t do it this time if O’Donnell wins, and I hope that Tea Party folks don’t do it if Castle wins. If you want to win, you can fight hard in the primary, but you’ve got to put it behind you once it’s over. Can people do that? (Note for the future: It’s a lot easier to do that if you don’t get personal during the primary.)

ROGER KIMBALL: A LESSON FOR DAVID AXELROD. “In sum, you can have health care, or you can have ObamaCare. People have looked at the latter, Dave, and they don’t like what they see. That’s the reason it’s unpopular, and will become more so.”

TURNING A BLIND EYE to campus anti-semitism?

HOW TO Add Applications To Your Nook E-Reader.

HOUSE STOLEN VIA HACKED EMAIL.