Yeah Tuesday

I voted today, albeit unenthusiastically. Here in Illinois, our governor's race is between a guy (the Democrat) who's chief claim to fame is that he's not a crook. Considering that the last two governors (one from each party) are in the Federal slammer, that's not nothing. His opponent seems to be a nice-enough guy, but nobody, including his Republican supporters, has a clue what he's going to do if he wins the race.

The Senate race here is about as non-competitive as a race can get with two people on the ballot. Jim Oberweis, the Republican, has lost nine of his last ten races and Dick Durbin hasn't. Going down the ballot, most of the other races aren't much more competitive.

In any event, my current lack of enthusiasm is that, regardless of who wins, they will have great difficulty in doing anything and our current economic state suggests there's not much that can be done, short of radical change in trade policies. (Which won't happen - see the 'can't get anything done.')

No Rotary today - a big Rotary dinner tomorrow - and work calls, so on that rousing note I close.