It's Despicable - Let's Move On

It can't be over soon enough for me. If you wonder what I am talking about, it is the special election for the 48th Senate seat here in the north country. Who could have imagined when Senator James Wright vacated his seat at the end of 2007 that such a sad state of affairs would take place to replace him.

Running for the seat is Republican William Barclay and Democrat Darrell Aubertine. Although going into the campaigning, I felt strongly that Aubertine was the best candidate for the job, I must say that at this point I just want it over. It has been like two teenage boys fighting for the same girl.

There has been no line that these candidates wouldn't cross when it came to negative campaign tactics. They have attacked each others' families, careers, and personal lives without hesitation. Even after an agreement was made publicly last week to stop the negative campaign advertisements, they couldn't just do it and remove them. Then of course comes the blame game once again. He didn't do what he said he was going to do, so I am not going to either.

Could someone please just be the bigger man? Better yet, let's just get it over with on Tuesday, February 26th and move on. Whatever happens, I no longer care. I am sick of listening to two grown professional men act like children. By the way, as of this article, there is yet another issue going on. It has to do with a possible delay in the election date so Barclay can appeal a recent judicial decision that allowed neither man to take the independent line.

Delay the election Barclay and make me listen to one more day of campaign ads and many minds will be made up for sure. This has been the most despicable race I have ever seen and it sure doesn't make the north country proud.