Undecided voter
Blinders, broken television, rock to have been hiding under.
$20
: Few costumes will cause this much terror in the hearts of some swing-state citizens while making you immediately attractive to others. Even fewer will be usable every four years.
With proper padding to fend off angry passers-by, can serve as a Nader-ite costume.
Laura Beth Brandt
wear glasses, mittens
$10-25 dollars
: Laura Beth is the adorable yet fingerless herione of the autobiographical comic strip \Everyone Drunk But
Me.""
Poorly shaven men with mittens, white blouse, wool hat (see today's strip).
Marshland
Green pants and shirt, brown woolen mittens and hat to represent cattails.
$30-55
: Everyone is going as Audrey Seiler this year, so you'd look pretty commonplace as her. But why waste the opportunity to meet people? Offer your services to that one, special State Street Audrey as her own, personal marshland.
None, although large groups can go as marshland just as well as an individual.
State Street movie projector
Projector screen, portable speakers to play soothing music
Free. Take everything you need off of the street
: To prevent another year of riots, the city of Madison has invested in projectors and projector screens to show calming videos and speakers to blast calming music. Show your civic pride by dressing up in a manner that protects the common peace.
None, though if any part of your costume should rip, you can tell people you dressed up as State Street after the riots you couldn't prevent.
Overture Center
Wear pants and a shirt after cutting the back off each, and price tag reading ""$250,000,000""
$20
: The costly and controversial Overture Center remains unfinished. For less than .001 percent of the Center's cost, you, too, can be unfinished.
Draw a nice picture of what you should look like when finished, Xerox andkeep reminding people you hand it out to how great it's going to be.