This blog is discontinued

Due to the requirements of my employment, this blog is down for the forseeable future. I may "repurpose" this blog later for commentary on things other than politics, such as popular culture, or perhaps my other love - Indy Car racing, but no more politics.

One final political note to Todd Kirsten of State College (you know who you are, and I am responding because you were kind enough to write twice) - the theory of primaries in Pennsylvania has always been that they (primaries) do not belong to "The People" per se, but instead to "The Parties". Any political party that gets to 15% of the registered voters gets to hold primaries for public offices at the public's expense. You can say that's wrong or twisted or unfair, but it is what it is. Many states have the theory that "The People" own Presidential primaries. Pennsylvania has never in its history subscribed to that school of thought. Thanks for writing. By the way, Todd, you did the right thing when you did what you did to participate last April. Well done!