August 9, 2003

A Serious Candidate?

Now comes Peter Ueberroth as a candidate for Governor of California, a man with a track record of business management and successful public service. In the words of Steve Lopez , in the L.A. Times, "the man is doomed". Another excerpt:

He told me he will not run any negative TV ads.

He will not beat opponents over the head.

He will not respond in kind to personal attacks against him.

And he will not waste time discussing anything but public policy.

Say a prayer for the man. Running a clean and meaningful campaign in the year of our Lord 2003 is a bold and dangerous gambit, if not a suicide mission, and there's no telling whether Ueberroth or anyone else can pull it off.

Posted by dan at August 9, 2003 1:13 PM