Birther Orly Taitz Loses, But Not as Badly as Mickey Kaus 3.66K Jim Newell 06/09/10 11:41AM Filed to: Primaries Primaries Orly taitz Mickey Kaus California Senate Bloggers America is mourning last night's tragic defeat of birther Orly Taitz for California secretary of state. She still earned 372,490 votes, though, while Slate blogger Mickey Kaus could only muster 94,298 in his Senate primary. [via Dave Weigel]