I wrote a longer, more serious message about the whims of Chicago politics as I observed them for 22 years.The mouse ate it.
But, really. It's more interesting to think of what the younger generation demands. Sound bytes (my preferred spelling) are out. The 5-minute flick is in. I saw Edwards rebutting the State of the Union speech. I saw Feingold telling the Senate how to proceed on constitutional matters. And, thinking back to Elizabeth Holtzman's impeachment lecture, I picked up a 3-part YouTube. It's going to be hard on candidates next year. They'll tramp the cornfields and then come back to do their idea of the nightly news. My big hope is that they tell us what's on their minds, instead of sending surrogates.
Obama vs H. Clinton? Hillary does best when she can make a regal entry. How she'll do that on MySpace beats me.
Somewhere I must have opined about how youth is great for getting new ideas started. But will they carry through when election day comes? I try not to show my horse and buggy beginnings. Couldn't everyone go down to the courthouse and send an email to the data base in Iowa or Bombay or whereever. And if some don't want to travel, they could stay at home and send their vote on a secure line?
Now what does the public think of that?