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Drooling on the Pillow

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Help Is On The Way 

I think Roberto at DynamoBuzz had the prescription for the doom and gloom pervading the Garden Blogstate (Coffeegrounds, Parkway Rest Stop, Yours Truly, and others) regarding the apparent inevitability of Governor ATM, er, Corzine).

Let's not forget that Bob "Kiss of Death" Shrum is on board running his campaign.
Bob Shrum's fingerprints have been found at the scene
of an uninterrupted string of Democratic presidential
catastrophes over the past 30 years. Ed Muskie and
George McGovern in 1972. Kennedy in 1980. Richard
Gephardt and Michael Dukakis in 1988. Bob Kerrey in
1992. The only successful Democratic candidacies of the
era – Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992 – were
Shrum-free affairs. (Shrum worked for 10 days for
Carter, but quit in a huff.)

(Jon Keller, Boston Magazine, Posted on Alternet)

As Roberto points out, Shrum's signature style is populism. That's going to be a hard sell with Corzine. First of all because he's rich, but more importantly because he is such a bad speaker. Not going to be any 'Cross of Gold' speeches. At least none that will keep anyone awake.

Let's hope he works some of that magic he used to turn Al Gore from a sure winner into a figure of fun.
Posted by: Sluggo / 11:15 AM
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