“This wasn't supposed to happen.” says the BBC's Nick Robinson.
This election was not supposed to happen like this.
This is characterized by a lack of confidence in political leaders, rooted in an overwhelming lack of trust felt by most voters.
Why else would Prime Minister David Cameron promise to pass legislation to block tax increases that are not mentioned in his manifesto but which he has long vowed not to raise?
Why else would Ed Miliband resort to “carving in stone” promises that are so broad and general that it is almost impossible to determine whether they have ever been broken?
Otherwise, why do we see relentless political cross-dressing when the Conservatives have promised to be the party of workers and Labour the party of economic responsibility?
The two major parties have become anxious even to follow traditional election themes.
Nick Robinson and others who have commented today have suggested that what's happening is merely a coincidence – a lack of confidence. Lack of vision for the future.
I do not agree.
This election campaign is proceeding exactly as scheduled.
The seven colors of the rainbow have become the seven major parties. It's no longer just two or three. It takes seven to make a rainbow coalition.
There is a former prime minister openly attack one's own political partyEd, on the other hand, sets himself up as the village fool.
No party is strong enough to take the lead; each is as mediocre as the others. All the while, voter apathy is at an all-time high.
Ian Crane He said Monday nightThey don't want the public to vote. They know that ideologically indifferent people won't vote for them, so they encourage indifference, or worse.
And if that were not enough, they are creating another constitutional crisis, because apathy has reached such a level, at least at the local level. No candidates.
But this crisis is man-made, and by doing nothing we are not only consenting to it, we are contributing to it.
The complete lack of party activists on the streets meant that people campaigning on Bradbury Pond, child sexual abuse, TTIP, constitutional reform and a host of other issues could have filled the void.
This election was a missed opportunity, and when we get to the next election, let's make sure it doesn't happen again.
