It’s another interesting and frustrating election night for Blog Goliard—his state of residence has that pesky runoff system—and so he’s given to meditating once again on the wisdom/foolishness/randomness/inscrutability of the American electorate.

In recent times there have been plenty of rumblings of everything from tea tempests to crypto-revolution. But this election night, plenty of the usual skeevy and mediocre and crooked and dumb characters are managing to crawl home to victory like they always do. As a whole, American voters may indeed be fed up and angry and frustrated. But they’re not yet fully awake either.

As I’ve long said: we’ll know the voters are finally serious when name recognition becomes a bad thing. Until then, expect pretty much more of the same.

In the meantime, your humble Blog Goliard is expanding his existing pledge to cast no ballot, for the foreseeable future, in favor of any incumbent Congresscritter who has already served at least one full term. This pledge shall now encompass all statewide offices as well. May he meekly suggest that you, gentle reader, think seriously about doing likewise? (Or are you content with the officeholders you’ve got now?)