the nasty dance

[Keating Willcox]

At 10:46 PM 3/22/2008, you wrote:
>What's curious btw about the current election is that despite
>conservatives allegedly controlling the GOP, the nominee is John
>McCain, whom many  on the right call "liberal" or "Republican in Name Only".
>It will be interesting to see what happens in the final election--will the GOP
>"base" stay home, and I won't even get into what could happen on the 
>Democratic
>side depending on whom is nominated...anyway...


Ahh the nasty dance of the GOP.. Ike vs. "Mr Republican", Goldwater 
vs Scranton, Bush vs Reagan, and now Romney vs McCain. What doesn't 
kill you makes you stronger. McCain is favored by business and might 
expect hundreds of millions of soft money from corporations. Voters 
will like a Democrat House and Senate and A GOP president.

Obama is the candidate and could win easily. He needs to go every 
week to a new issue and provide a complete plan to solve its 
problems, with decisive and frugal legislation. He needs to use radio 
to get his ideas to the people. He needs to remind people that 
President Bush has been very good to his friends, the oil industry ( 
oil went from $24 to $110) the pharma industry ( immense profits), 
and big agriculture (ethanol, pro-illegal immegration). Will Obama be 
able to explain and repudiate these "friends" and all their campaign 
money? I think radio is the perfect medium for him to get his message out.

Keating Willcox