Being a mother of four, Elayne Harmer, in an attempt to describe what she’s going through — what they’re all going through in California’s 11th Congressional District — harkens back to her childbirth days.

“It’s like you’ve reached your due date,” she says, “and the doctor walks in and says you’ve got to wait another three or four weeks.”

And then the doc throws in this caveat: “And you might not keep the baby.”

Such is life on the campaign trail that refuses to end, which is an apt description of the congressional race between Republican David Harmer, Elayne’s husband, and Democrat Jerry McNerney, the incumbent.