Soggy Super Tuesday

Tuesday, 3:12 pm

By Kate

Feb

05

2008

So, it’s here. The day that many states get to vote for their presidential candidates of choice. I hope most of the states had better weather than we did. Snow, slush, heavy rains, thick fog...just an average New England day in the winter, I guess. Didn’t seem to keep people away. There was a slightly heavier turnout than I’ve noticed in the past. Usually when I go vote, there are one or two other people in the entire room. Today I had to stand in line for a few minutes. That’s good.

It was quiet. No one offered an opinion about anything or voiced a hope that their candidate would win. It was a serious affair. It’s nice to have the reminder every so often that we the people do matter sometimes. Or at least we’re given the impression that we do, anyway.

There were enough ballots, my pen worked just fine, and the ballot scanner/reader seemed to work just fine, too. I’d like my candidate to win, but, if not, the other one will be okay, too. Whoever emerges as the victor on the Democrat side gets my full support even if I didn’t vote for that person. I don’t envy the one who gets the job in January. Hoping, of course, that it’s a Democratic administration. That administration will inherit one heck of a mess to clean up. Rather than channeling one of the Kennedy brothers, I’d suggest they start channeling FDR.