Is anyone else fed up with the election coverage from the USA?  Well I certainly am.  Honestly, we're told more about the candidates from afar than we are those we're asked to decide on when it comes to our local elections.  It's mad really.  I don't know about you but whenever it comes to local election time it's almost impossible to pick who to vote for.  Who are any of the people?  I often think "that person has a nice name, they'll do".  Not quite how it's supposed to be done.... sometimes it comes down to who bothered to post any leaflets promoting themselves.  And if two people bothered, it's a decision as to which literature is less attacking of the other (because attack as a form of defence is dreadfully transparent).  And if if they display the same level of scorn, then I look at the candidate's photo and decide who looks nicer.