It's Over

Jeremy Fugleberg: LUSK — Tom Bleming knows he's lost before he bites down into his first slice of pizza.

He wolfs down the piece anyway.

It's early on election night, but it's not even close. John Barrasso, his chief opponent for the Republican bid for one of Wyoming's U.S. Senate seats, already has more than ten times Bleming's votes: 15,047 to 1,219.

The margin widens as the dark deepens.

Bleming, a self-described soldier of fortune, focuses on his supper at a downtown Lusk pizzeria, the cost covered by a pre-signed check from his meager campaign funds.