My TWO votes are for local guys - As the result of term limits, we have a crop of State House and State Senate seats that have no incumbent. There is a pair of folks from the same party that have auto-dialed phone calls going out to "likely voters" in the districts (one house, one senate). These vary from (House race) "Mike abuses his power and threatens old people" to "We don't need corrupt politicians like Mike" to "He's in favor of cutting senior benefits to pay for abortions and health care for illegal immigrants" - (Senate race) to "Steve is a fraud" to "Christians should vote for THIS guy because Steve does not act like a proper Christian should and is in favor of abotion and is soft on crime."

I know BOTH of these guys - their decent fellows who worked hard for what they have - and did not rely on daddy's money to get them where they are. (Heck, Mike helped me cook 500 pounds of spaghetti for a neighborhood fund-raiser a couple of years ago - WHAT A HOOT!)

So - my two are Steve and Mike's opponents (of whom Big Mick is probably the only one who has POSSIBLY heard of these guys, and even then I doubt it...)

Cheers-

Pete