Owing to problems with the Montgomery County election, the polls were kept open an extra hour, so I was able to vote on my way home today. (Throughout the county, the election officials forgot to ship the key cards that unlock the voting machines to the polling stations.) There are some good people running, and I want to support the Democratic alternative to the ruling party. In light of the Republican lock on the federal government and the lack of a really convincing agenda on the part ot the Democrats, I can't say that my heart was really in it, however.