Here's a fast Smither update. There should be a new batch of radio advertisements airing on selected radio stations. Also, a television buy is being negotiated at this time.

Smither signs have been mutilated or cut down all over the district, but we're starting to collect significant photographic evidence of this.

The commercials should bump Smither up a few points in the polls, hopefully both from the 25 percent undecided column as well as from the R and D candidates.

And everyone is so focused on the General Election, they seem to be neglecting the Special Election. The R may be writing it off, as the NY Times reports:

Mr. Lampson, perhaps reluctant to risk a loss for little gain, chose not to run in the special election. If Ms. Sekula-Gibbs takes the interim House seat but loses the general election, she would still be compelled to give up her Council position, a base for future campaigns, which has prompted speculation that she may turn down the interim seat. She declined to say.

I've never seen a campaign with as many sudden turns and surprising twists as this one. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.