SPECIAL SENATE ELECTION - DON'T FORGET TO VOTE

This is a reminder that Wednesday the 16th is an election day, to fill the Senate seat of the late Frank Lautenberg.

This extra election, at a cost of over twelve million dollars, was scheduled because Governor Christie felt that Mayor Booker would generate a large Democratic turn-out, skewing the count and skewering his chances for re-election.

Be that as it may, our toxic and corrupt primary system has once again not given voters much of a choice.  We have a sleazy and opportunistic Newark political hack versus a right-wingnut tea party darling.

Personally, I am bringing a clothes-pin to the polls with me, and everyone else probably needs to as well. 

I am going with the sleazy hack, since I feel that the Senate should remain in Democratic hands.  Given that both parties are working overtime to perpetuate our divisive political environment, to me it seems best that neither be given they upper hand until the unlikely event they begin to act like pragmatic and rational legislators.