For those of us who care about both hockey and politics, I find this rather exciting. Okay it's not really that exciting, but worth posting anyway. With Kirsten Gillibrand's accession into the Senate, rumors are floating that the former New York Ranger's goalie, Mike Richter may make a run for her seat. It is always nice to see an American hockey play get publicity, especially since our program has been lacking of late. This does bring up the question of celebrity candidates however. We only seem to raise the issue when it's a Senate seat in question, but why don't we ever do it for House seats? Yes I know that there are more of them, and an individual congressperson isn't, on average, as important as a Senator, but ideally, both would require a serious legislator. If one were to closely examine the list of currently serving congresspersons however, you would find a great deal who are either unqualified or just plain crazy. This is pretty easily explained by gerrymandered districts vs. entire states, but it still seems odd that we expect so little out of the lower house.
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