Bay State Blues

I have just returned from Massachusetts, where I cast my vote in an absentee ballot for Super Tuesday. This wildly wide-open presidential race is like mainlining for political junkies, and it’s a pretty exhilarating rollercoaster ride for the ordinary voter too. But what happened last week, when the economy crashed headlong into the election bandwagon, will be fascinating to watch – the battle of the Big E’s, I call it.

Now Massachusetts politics is an incestuously Democratic affair, and with John Edwards effectively out of the running in the state, it’s the big clash once again between Hillary and Obama. I can’t see a cigarette paper between them. In fact, in a privately held straw poll, I guestimate that up to four in five voters are undecided in the Bay state — with the primary just three weeks away. And if they are decided, they’re not saying – which makes you wonder why not.