The Midterms Matter, But Will People Vote In Them?

DNC Chairman Tim Kaine meets with black bloggers. (Photo courtesy the DNC)If you're an American and a registered voter you're probably not paying a lick of attention to the mid-term elections. Not voting is soooo American. Oh, if you read this blog, you probably care. Or if you're my parents, the kind of folks who vote rain or shine because someone died so they could do so, care. But then, my parents are hardcore, 60 Minutes watching, Meet the Press watching, Chris Matthews mocking, Maddow/Olbermann/Stewart Democratic voters in a swing state. As far as they're concerned, every election is an important election. But the attitude that many have towards mid-terms are not the same.

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Nope. No Racism Here. What Racism? Sez Sen. Claire McCaskill.

For a reference point she is referring to a black representative in Congress, Democrat David Scott, who had a contentious town hall and later found a swastika painted on his office headquarters. He, naturally, was all, what the bloody 'ell and claimed to be a victim of people's bigotry. My representative in the Senate, Claire McCaskill begs to differ. Racism? What racism? How dare he insinuate racism ... with a swastika involved. There's NOTHING racial about a swastika. Nothing at all.

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