Fifty Percent Plus One

Conventional wisdom states that fifty percent plus one wins the election.

So the strategy is, first, to go out and get your mother to vote for you. She's the one. This leaves only half the voters to win over.

I am, therefore, pleased and proud to announce that my campaign has just secured the political support of my mother, as evidenced by the sign she printed from my Web site and posted in her front yard (see above).

This is doubly important because she represents a very important demographic: Internet-savvy grandmothers of American Fork's children.

The only problem is that she is not actually registered to vote in American Fork.

But with support like hers, we are guaranteed to win hands-down in Auburn, Washington.