Can you inject elections? I just love an election. What even if it is a local election. Yes. On the other side of the Atlantic? Even better. This one looks like it could be a corker. The New York state senate is the only level of government in the NY state in the control of the Republicans. The new Democrat governor Eliot Spitzer has appointed the Republican State Senator Michael Balboni as his new Homeland security Tzar so his marginal seat is up for a by election. Should be a humdinger.  ¶ 7:57 pm