Republicans Are Allowing A Muddled Election To Be About Nothing– thefederalist.com

It’s late. The time for defining the choice is passing in a hurry. Election Day is coming, and some people have already voted. In several states, early voting began on September 18, and at least a few ballots are already in. But what are we voting for? This is where it gets awkward.

The Senate race in Delaware is probably pretty meaningless, and there’s not much reason to believe that Chris Coons is losing sleep over it. But go spend a few minutes at the campaign website of Dr. Mike Katz, the Republican who’s running against Coons. This is from the front page:

Katz believes in policies that produce results. In case you were wondering, he’s for affordability and economic growth. He doesn’t want to deliver talking points, he wants to deliver real solutions. He believes in having discipline. He is not for the special interests.

Several decades ago, the supermarket chain Ralph’s sold generic groceries that were just labeled with the name of the product: BEER, for example, or COFFEE, a word or two on a white package with a stripe.