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| Two-thirds of registered voters stayed home on Tuesday, according to some estimates, so why are the media giving so much attention to Republican demands? |
By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
Really low voter turnout and the failure of Democratic candidates to embrace President Obama's accomplishments are the untold story of Tuesday's election.
The Republicans won't regain control of the U.S. Senate until January, but they already are acting as if they are running the country, aided and abetted by The Record and other media (A-4).
"To all who didn't vote, I say shame on you for not taking advantage of a freedom we are blessed to have," Robert Daniello of Ridgefield Park said in a letter to the editor today (A-13).
"Triumph of the Wrong" was the headline on the Op-Ed column of economist Paul Krugman in The New York Times:
"So now is a good time to remember just how wrong the new rulers of Congress [the GOP] have been about, well, everything," Krugman wrote.
The column could just as well be called, "Triumph of Apathy."
Let them eat cake
The big local news today is the approval of the first drive-through Panera Bread restaurant on Route 17 in Paramus, a road that already has enough retail-generated traffic chaos (L-1).
On Friday, Restaurant Reviewer Elisa Ung was really upset about the desserts at the 2-star Ranchero Cantina in Emerson (BL-19).
The butterscotch syrup on the flan she sampled was too sweet ($6), and the "Chocolate Outrage" was "indeed an outrage" ($7.50).
The poor woman!
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