There are a number of decisive elections going on today. Doug Bennett, whom I mentioned in my posts before, is on the final ballot in the running for Boston City Council. Finally, with him, we might just have a voice we can count on in that position. With two city councilors retiring to run for mayor this year, Doug Bennett has a shot as he just has to beat four out of the other seven candidates in the running for the At-Large councilor position. We are also having the mayoral race here in Boston today, with four-term mayor Menino up against challenger Michael Flaherty. My feelings on this race are not nearly as strong, but sixteen years is an awful long time for one politician to be running the show and with all the problems we’ve been having there has to be some accountability here!
The other big Doug I’m pulling for today is Doug Hoffman, a third party candidate running in New York State against Bill Owens, a Democrat. The Republican was polling poorly in the final week and withdrew from the race. I think that a lot of Americans are frustrated with our current situation and our current government – on both sides of the aisle. Doug Hoffman seems like a real reformer who can bring that message to Washington. And who better to bring it than someone outside both party establishments?
I will be watching for the returns closely in these two races. There are also two big state governorships up for grabs – Virginia and New Jersey – the two states of the Connecticut Compromise, how about that? Just for the history buffs out there. These two statewide races may play a big role in what happens next November during the main federal election.
