Not a bad gambit at all, but Booker's skeletons have skeletons, and Patrick won't play well outside the NE Corridor and the remnant hard-core Blue states. He drones like Bobo and people are just f'ing done with that.
What she needs is a Meximaumau. Not one to be had.
Frankly, Cankles is dumb enough to pick O'Malley straight up.
There’s one named Castro in San Antonio that Mrs. Bill is said to like especially.