Someone told me the other day that in something like 80% of the congressional races in Massachusetts there is no Republican even running. However, in my district, the incumbent Democrat, Michael Capuano, is not running unopposed. It just so happens that his opponent is running on the Socialist Workers Party ticket.

We also have three local non-binding resolutions on the ballot (these are in addition to the statewide ballot questions). One is a call to withdraw from Iraq and the other two have to do with divestment from Israel. Who would’ve thought our local precincts would have their own foreign policy?