Rise and Shine --- Politics, blech

Good Morning and welcome to a real October day!

I don't know about you, but I'm already getting sick of this election and we still have a month to go.
It probably would be more interesting if Christine O'Donnell was a witch. Then at least there would be some spark. Instead, we have the same boring candidates running for the same jobs at the same time.
The political ads that appear on TV are dirty politics. It's like they sit around a room and say, "OK, a month left, lets start throwing tomatoes at our opponent."
There are two we are most concerned about here.
The first, is the U.S. Senate seat being fought over by U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak (Democrat) and Pat Toomey (Republican?).
The battle lines have been drawn on this one for awhile. Do you want believe Sestak can make a difference, or do you want to relive the past the Bush era?
Hey, by the way, Toomey thinks so much of the battle he can't even make it to our office to meet the editorial board. Editor Phil Heron said this morning, "They told us we could get him by phone."
The other race, of course, is for Sestak's former seat in the U.S. House, the 7th District battle between Republican Pat Meehan and Democtrat Bryan Lentz.
Both are nice guys. Both have strong backgrounds. Both seem to have good ideas.
Just one thing, the next one (or a the next representative of one of them) who knocks on my door loses my vote.
There's a race for you.

Rise and Shine --- Absolutely giddy

Good Morning and welcome back to the Internet!

So, in what many are calling an epic upset, a Republican won a Senate seat in Massachusetts.
That, of course, gave all the hate radio hosts plenty to squawk about yesterday.
In reality, all it really means to the rest of us is more of the same. All these politicians are made from the same cut of slime. They do what's best for them first, their friends second and, only if there's time left, for the rest of us.
Sure, some might have more time on the back end than others, but when you look around and see more people out of work, more people without healthcare and more people struggling to make ends meet, well, there's something broken.
Until everybody works together, well, it's not going to get better.
Or something like that.