Ross Douthat: Please do not masturbate to this. Thank you.

Luke Russert is both Paul Metzler AND Tracy Flick:

CNN’s Jay McMichael was the top vote getter in the Radio & Television Correspondence Association board elections today.

NBC’s Luke Russert, who ran a high stakes “Vote for Vigor” campaign, complete with fancy cupcakes, ultimately lost with 52 votes. Other top vote getters included NPR’s Andrea Seabrook (153 votes) and Pacifica Radio’s Leigh Ann Caldwell (95 votes).

Total number of ballots cast: 301.

If he were running in NY 23, he could totally call this a win.