The first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs was satisfying. Not only were all teams south of the 37th Parallel eliminated, but great hockey abounded. Most of the series were close: five of the eight matchups went to six games and two took all seven games to decide.
Tuesday, however, Indiana primary voters suspended the best of seven series I was most awaiting, that of Baron Hill versus Mike Sodrel. The two had been respectively the Democratic and Republican nominees in the 8th Congressional District in the 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008 elections. Baron Hill leads the series 3-1 (Sodrel won Game 2 and served in the 109th Congress), but Mike Sodrel was denied the nomination needed for a fourth general election rematch. The 2010 contest instead will feature Baron Hill and Todd Young. That may be a close election, but it just won't have the history.
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Indiana Republicans also nominated Dan Coats for Senate instead of John Hostettler. A rematch of the 2008 9th Congressional election with Brad Ellsworth was prevented.
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