Serendipitous [was serendipidous]

[David A. Daniel]

>A NJ Appeals Court has removed a "freeholder" from the county board
>because of a previous judicial screwup that placed her above another
>Republican candidate who had beaten her in the primary (albeit by a
>small margin). The county is heavily Republican, so the presumption has
>been all along that the winner of the primary would win the election
>(she did). So now that she's been removed, there will have to be a
>nominating convention to place someone in her office, then another
>primary and another general election in November, in order to fill the
>remainder of her term. Her response:

http://goo.gl/6K3GY
> "One thing I've learned is that politics is a very serendipitous
> business," Nordstrom said. "My understanding right now is that I'm not
> a freeholder. You have to take it in stride. I'm taking it one step at
> a time."

>Why "serendipitous"? How is this a happy coincidence? Did she simply
>mean "unexpected"? Then why use the big words?

She's a Republican.
DAD

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