Coping with reality.It should come as no surprise that Jeb Bradley Joseph E. "Jeb" Bradley (born October 20, 1952) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the New Hampshire's At-large congressional district from 2003 to 2007. , the former congressman who lost his seat in November to Carol Shea-Porter, put the rest of the party on notice that he would be running in '08 to try to recapture his seat. In fact, the only surprise was that, during his spiel spiel Informal n. A lengthy or extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade. intr. & tr.v. spieled, spiel·ing, spiels To talk or say (something) at length or extravagantly. Bradley didn't refer to himself as the incumbent, since--as more than a few people near and around the ex-congressman have pointed out--he's still in denial in denial Psychiatry To be in a state of denying the existence or effects of an ego defense mechanism. See Denial. over his loss to Shea-Porter. |
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