“Bill O’Reilly just gave the results of the poll taken to which 60,000 viewers responded. 60% chose Bachmann; 40% chose Palin”
Think back to 1968 (I was there).
Lyndon Johnson was president, and had announced that he would not run again.
There was a young upstart senator campaigning against him — Eugene McCarthy, who was getting a lot of attention early on, and who was doing well against “the establishment candidate”: Hubert H. Humphrey.
As these two battled it out with no clear winner, suddenly a new candidate appeared — Robert Kennedy, the New York Senator. He had “laid back”, not being an “active candidate”, but when the moment came, he jumped into the race and then became “the contender to beat”. But, of course, we know what happened next.
Having written that, let’s look at the 2012 race:
Playing the role of Humphrey — Mitt Romney
Playing “Clean for Gene” — Michelle Bachmann
And in the role of Senator Kennedy — Sarah Palin
Will the campaign of 2012 resemble that of 1968?
Just wonderin’....
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