PollyPeoria is sick of Gidwitz. I don’t blame her. But then, I don’t like any of the candidates for governor.

There are plenty of good reasons not to like Topinka. Here’s mine: she was the one who decided to give Jack Ryan the boot two years ago and import nutty Alan Keyes from Maryland to run on the Republican ticket for U.S. Senate instead of runner-up Oberweis. That kind of decision doesn’t instill me with much confidence in her judgement.

I had been a big Rauschenberger fan, but then, inexplicably, he decided to run for Lieutenant Governor and ally himself with Gidwitz. Most unfortunate.

I met Oberweis at an ice cream social (what else?) the last time he ran for Senate and wasn’t very impressed.

This is one of those elections where I wish they would institute my idea: have one of the options be “none of the above.” If “none of the above” gets the most votes, then those candidates who ran are all disqualified and a new slate of candidates has to be found. This would allow voters an “out” from having to vote for the “lesser of two evils.” They could use this process in both primary and general elections.