Next Tuesday, August 3rd, is Primary Day here in Michigan. I really dislike the system here.

When you walk into the polling place, you have to declare a party in order to get the correct ballot. (This is only for the primary, of course. General elections you get all the names, and don't have to declare.) Anyway, that R or D gets hooked up with your name. Then the Party feels it can inundate you with robocalls, mailings, all manner of junk from now to the end of time.

There are only two people for whom I want to vote, and of course, one is R, the other is D. One woman is running for the State Senate; the other is running for County Commissioner. Not a single gubernatorial candidate appeals to me, nor do any of the candidates for Congress.

Douglas has a similar problem - not wanting to be labeled - and where are the Libertarians?