[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Alot of the reporting on this has been taken out of context, or in some cases distorted by partisan commenters."

If that is the case, then I apologize to Col. Russell. As I said, I have heard him speak a number of times and I really like him. However, the newspaper stories have him coming off as a whiner. I'm glad to hear that its not true and I hope he just tries his hardest to win the primary and stop talking about the process of selecting Burns.

[Crichton]

Actually Col. Russell wished Burns luck in the special election. And that’s a fact. He half-joking said he might wtite himself in at a town hall meeting in Indiana, PA, both he and Burns were there and the crowd laughed. He also said he’d vote for Burns should Burns be on the ballot in November.

The controversy - which smoothsailing neglects to mention - is that Russell has been asked and has refused multiple times to say he's supporting Burns in the special election or say he'll vote for Burns in the special election.

Russell & co. seem to think that they can't say they're supporting Burns in the special election and still compete in the primary. It's very irrational from my perspective, and self-defeating.