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Michael Flaherty and Tom Menino have both tried everything in the past few months to knock people's socks off. Unfortunately for them, many Bostonians remained thoroughly socked, and some have not even made up their mind yet whom to vote for. Over at the Globe, Alex Beam runs through 10 reasons to vote for either guy. Our favorite? Regarding Menino: "2. Flaherty likens Menino to jailed former mayor James Michael Curley, “The Rascal King,’’ of Jack Beatty’s memorable book title. But aren’t there two statues of Curley in downtown Boston? Isn’t his home a local landmark? Throw me in that briar patch!" [Globe]

Scott Lehigh at the Globe penned a wonderful summary of Boston voter Zeitgeist, "Diary of an undecided voter" that describes the "whiplash" of watching a mayoral contest that doesn't have any immediately appealing candidate. "Good, better? Hmm. Bad, worse, maybe," he quips. If you're like him—and us—your last chance to check in on Menino and Flaherty will be this afternoon at 1 p.m. on Radio Boston. It will be live at 1 p.m. on 90.9 F.M. or a trusty webstream.

Don't miss tonight's mayoral debate between Thomas Menino and Michael Flaherty. It starts at 7 p.m. on WCVB-TV (Channel 5), and it will be the first debate between the two candidates since the primary. The next debate will take place on October 19.

Unless you've been living under a rock, or in Somerville, you've probably heard about the new Flaherty-Yoon alliance. A "marriage," according to the Globe's Scott Lehigh, which weirdly echos something we overheard at Fenway Park yesterday. "You know, Flaherty-Yoon; it's like gay marriage, but for politics." After the jump: Tell us how the "Floon" ticket changes things.

During yesterday's municipal primary, 81,641 Bostonians, an impressive 24 percent of eligible voters, cast ballots, according to the City of Boston. Most of them voted for mayor—only 439 voters didn't—but a lot of people didn't use all of their votes for city councilor at-large. Each voter could choose 4 candidates for the at-large seats, but most probably didn't. In fact, of a possible 326,564 votes for city councilor at-large, only 194,247 were cast. That's only 60 percent! What gives, Boston?

The Globe and Herald are currently calling a Menino-Flaherty runoff for mayor. Menino has 49% and Flaherty 25% with 179 of 254 precincts reporting in the mayoral preliminary, according to the Globe.