Maxist versus Witch.

The Delaware Senate race between Democrat Chris Coons and Republican Christine O Donnell promises to be a real treat.

In the blue corner we have a man who wrote a paper in college in which he referred to himself as a "bearded marxist".

In the red corner we have a woman who has admitted on network television to dabbling in witchcraft in her early years. Apparently she was even in a coven.

If history is the guide then Coons should win. For while the American public haven't exactly warmed up to communists over the years they haven't burned them, unlike witches. That said, having grown up in England when a certain Margaret Thatcher swept to power, my money's on the witch.

But I do look forward to the advertising. And if I was advising Coons I would blast the airwaves on October 31st with special Halloween ads.