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OK, it should be stated: I'm from a suburban Long Island, NY family that was traditionally GOP (with my siblings split on party registration today). And in my youth, I was a ticket-splitter since (a) the New York State GOP still had moderates then and (b) the New York State Democratic leadership often gave us lackluster, machine candidates - which, come to think of it: they still do (though less often).
So it's not that I am someone who boasts of 'never having voted Republican' before. And truth be told: I wouldn't mind a return to a day when I could switch to being a registered Independent and being able to have a choice in a general election. But until then: since probably the mid-1980's (when I relocated to the Granite State) I had not voted for a Republican.
But I did so in 2008 ... and I was afraid I would have to once more (more after the jump)
Nearly two months ago, I wrote a diary wondering-out-loud if the Democrats in Concord would follow-through on their past efforts to eliminate straight ticket voting, even though - for once - it appeared to have worked in their favor this time.
I wrote this due to both a Valley News local columnist (Jim Kenyon) and an editorial noting that a maverick 64 year-old activist (Bill Sharp) was now to be Register of Deed, having run as a lark.
