Political ad ....

... break. Minnesota has the hottest Senate race in the US (more money is being spent on this race than any other). In the Greater Twin Cities are one or two of the hottest congressional races. Then there's the presidential campaign. And this business about how unions vote. And all the special interest ads (more about those racist bastards later).

So, our local TV station has been running ads like this:

Here's one more below the fold:

More like this

These days, many people say that race is largely a social construct; while it may have a place in describing the population genetics of some species, is not particularly applicable to humans. I'm one of those people.
What is the relationship between what happens in these two early primary races and what actually happens later on in the election cycle?
The post from yesterday was inspired by the news coverage surrounding the paper describing gene expression differences

The baby IS being political - he is offending the pastafarians (or is he worshipping the noodly one - I get so confused).