For Wisconsin voters, we get to vote for Governor again. It's the third time in four years, since two years ago Governor Walker had to survive a Recall Election after enough petitions were gathered by those opposed to his move to change rules of collective bargaining for public unions.
There are two candidates in the Democratic Gubernatorial primary, but no expert expects a close vote there with Mary Burke already the presumptive nominee.
Living in Dane County and in a voting district of Madison - the ballot is mostly Democrat. The races with a primary are usually expected to go to the Democrat winning the primary.
In fact, there are only two contested races in the Republican primary in my voting district - which is not much of a reason for most voters on that side of the fence to get out and color in the oval to leave their vote.
After August 12, we'll see even more of the fair and balanced political advertisements on our televisions. It's always interesting to see how they fairly present the position of their opponent and then establish the logic and rational behind their own point of view and make the case they are the candidate I should vote for.
I love that.
Too bad it just doesn't seem to happen very much.
The silly season of elections is not what it should be in most of our country, and we are the only antidote.
We need to pay attention to the issues and listen to both sides before coming down on a side. Perhaps we could pay less attention to the party and the surrounding noise and dig deep into what really seems to be the most important issues we now face.
Is it possible? I suppose, but probably not anytime soon as most of us are consumed and lured away from our responsibilities as citizens to pay attention for longer than a 30 second political ad.
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