I agree that, in 2008, whether Arcuri is in Congress or not, we need a different candidate. We gave it a shot with someone else this year, but the Democratic party bosses in the other counties buried their heads in the sand and endorsed Arcuri before Arcuri could be tested. I hope they’ve learned their lesson about the need for a primary, where the Democratic voters have the chance to have a say in the process.

Welcome to Trumansburg. We are lucky to have Jonathan. I’ve learned a lot from his blog. You’re right about mainstream media. The coverage of this bill has been pathetic. Jonathan’s principles won’t allow him to vote for someone who is so unprincipled, that he would endorse this horrible bill. I’m of the opinion,however, that we have to vote for Arcuri. A vote (under our current system) for anyone other than Arcuri or Meier has no chance of electing that 3rd party. It does represent the potential loss of a vote for Arcuri or Meier, and I’m guessing in your case that probably would’ve been a vote for Arcuri. So a vote for Sylvia instead of Arcuri is a vote for maintaining the status quo which Jonathan has described very well. If you vote for Sylvia, and Meier wins by a whisker, and we don’t get the 15 seats that the Democratic Party needs to take back congress, then you will be in part responsible for the continued abuses of the Bush administration. (just as Nader voters are in part responsible for the mess we are in today) I agree with all of Jonathan’s complaints about Arcuri, but I’m going to vote for him. Hopefully, he will win, and then Jonathan, and you, and I can start looking for who we can support to run against him in the 2008 primaries. If you’re disgusted with the Democratic Party then infiltrate it and fix it, because it’s our only hope.

Ray Meier, the Republican, is as bad as Michael Arcuri. He supports the new law, just like Arcuri. Mike Sylvia is the candidate for the Libertarian Party, and he opposes the new law.

Of course, we always have the choice to enter the voting booth, vote in other contests, and leave the choice for House of Representatives blank.

Then again, we could do a write in campaign. Les Roberts, perhaps?

If not Arcuri then who? I have yet to hear of any independents in the race, but maybe they have failed to garner any decent coverage.