Rainy days and primaries always get me down

As Karen Carpenter once sang,

Sometimes I’d like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hangin’ around, nothing to do but frown

Honest, I really did have to look that up! It’s bad enough that I still remember the song.

But it sums up nicely what yesterday was like. Primary Day in Montgomery County was dull, slow, wet, long, and dull. That is until the evening voter rush hit, when it was even duller still if that’s possible.

It is what it is.

What it was, was a Primary Day completing lacking in any headline-grabbing fights for Party endorsements, save a semi-interesting two-way battle for the County GOP nod in the County Sheriff’s race (Congrats to winning nominee, Eileen Whalon Behr!) and a few skirmishes for judgeship nominations. Other than that, it was about as interesting as a night at your daughter’s dance recital. (C’mon … Admit it!)

You know you’re in for a long day when you remind neighbors the night before ” … to vote tomorrow!”, and they scrunch up their noses and say, “What’s tomorrow?!?”

Oh, boy …

Heck, not even a single Democrat poll worker/watcher bothered to show up at our polling place!

With over 800 registered voters in our district, well less than 100 turned out to vote. But that’s what happens when rainy days and low-profile primaries converge.

Let’s just hope it doesn’t rain in November for a race that will decide Montgomery (PA) County leadership for the next four years!

‘Cause if it does, there will be …