A third option: Joe Visconti

I agree with the Connecticut Post's rationale for endorsing Gov. Dannel P. Malloy over Tom Foley. Malloy gives specific answers to direct questions, while Foley remains vague and evasive.

However, while that's a good argument against voting for Foley, it neglects the fact that there's a third candidate in the race for governor: Joe Visconti.

Visconti has been just as forceful and direct in his answers as Malloy. More important,he has remained laser-focused on the issues and been brutally honest -- two key qualities from which both other candidates have strayed.

Visconti is a Republican, but he has promised to bring his liberal friend, Jonathan Pelto, into his administration to oversee education. If that isn't bipartisanship, I don't know what is.

You may balk at his position on guns (I did at first), but keep in mind: the governor is constrained by existing law and decisions of the legislature, which is bound to remain solidly Democrat. Visconti couldn't do anything unilaterally. He'll have to work with both sides.

Republicans, Democrats and their dark money surrogates have a nice racket going for themselves in their dualistic monopoly that defines the parameters of the field before voters even enter the picture. Media often play along -- as when an editorial is constructed as if there were only two choices. But none of these people can fill the bubbles on our ballots for us. Voters have the last say.

Brandon T. Bisceglia

Fairfield

Visconti will appear on the ballot as a petitioning candidate.