Political Equinox

Today was a hard day - my first primary election and my card reads, “17 Year Old Democrat.” I nearly cried.

No, but seriously - I felt my vote was best served selecting the best candidates on the other side. (As I will admit, they do have good candidates - just not as good.) And since nobody showed up to challenge my Democratic declaration, I didn’t have to refuse to sign the affidavit.

For the Office of President: My vote was Barack Obama. I feel he is the 2nd best candidate for President (actually, the 3rd, but Mike Huckabee is out). I see Barack as the best leader from the Democratic ticket. I don’t see Hillary as an effective leader, so I won’t vote for her.

For the Office of Governor: My vote was Jim Schellinger. I like Jim. He’s a man of good character and an a good man at reaching comprimise. Maybe I’ll be awful generous and call him Henry Clay - but I don’t think that’s fair to Mr. Clay. Mitch is still “My Man,” but I would rather see Jim in the office than Jill Long Thompson.

If able, I would have voted Don Duff for NACS School Board.

Those were all of the contested offices I was eligible to vote for because of my age.

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