It's refreshing to see the mayor's race described here as "nominally non-partisan," along with the acknowledgement that party affiliation will certainly help determine results.

Although the office itself is indeed considered nonpartisan on paper, it's ridiculous to pretend that that the candidates have no party baggage and that voters should turn a blind eye, especially when one is a former Republican congressman who served in a viciously partisan era, voted along party lines when it mattered, and has long espoused party dogma.

It's a shame that non-credible apologists and lapdogs who know better have disingenuously attempted to explain it all away to further their petty personal agendas.