This race is very interesting because it has seemed to cross traditional political boundaries. I heard a radio ad for craig johnson on wcbs claiming that "maureen o'connell and her union interests want to raise you taxes and spend! craig johnson believes taxes are too high. He promises to cut your taxes." Now who sounds like the democrat in that ad? Maureen O'Connell is in fact endorsed by dennis rivera and the good folks at SEIU 1199, as good and reliable liberals as you will find, and they have been running radio ads pointing out that she is/was a nurse and is pro service and pro union. They clearly think Johnson is too moderate/conservative.

Compare those ads and you get the clear impression that the democratic candidate is trying to run to the *right* of the republican candidate! Talk about a strange race. I hope that Spitzer and co. haven't decided that the only way to take back the Senate, because so many of the republican senate seats are on Long Island, is to go to the right. For if you defeat your enemy by becoming your enemy, what have you become?

I hope Craig Johnson wins tonight, but I hate to see local liberals going against SEIU 1199, and I hate to see a Democrat sounding more like a republican than the republican. Such things make you wonder if the price is too high.