Just Call Her Senator, Please

There is perhaps no better evidence about the disconnect between the political class and average citizens than the curious case of Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz. Mrs. Bysiewicz, having aborted a prepubertal bid for Governor once before, has today done it again despite the fact that polling had demonstrated her to be the frontrunner in the race. Rather than taking on the hard job of Governor where she would face a state budget with a $513 million current year debt and a $2.5 billion structural deficit that would almost assuredly require unpopular decisions, Bysiewicz is abandoning ship.