Not that you- or anyone else who has been paying attention to presidential primary race- would know.
I was listening to sound bites of Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Barack Obama today on Rush Limabaugh's radio show. After listening to the clips I realized that the Republicans aren't the only ones who are running on a platform of their forefathers. While the GOP field is clinging tightly to Ronald Reagan, it seems that the Democrats are hanging ever so steadfastly onto John F. Kennedy.
Neither of these men are bad choices for presidents that current candidates should cling to. In fact, it is probably fair to make some comparisons between JFK's ability to bring together this country and Barack Obama's rally of mainstream America. Mitt Romney may be doing a standup job of molding himself into the candidate that can unite the old three factions of the Conservative Coalition. Both of the latter, though, are also running on a campaign of change (albeit one long before the other).
But change is not a theme that stops with Barack and Mitt. Hillary Clinton is advocating for change. Mike Huckabee says that hope can bring change to his White House. John McCain wants to change the way the federal government doles out money.
Can any of these candidates actually deliver? Is change actually on any agenda? I don't believe so, not when that change is going to come through presidents who served decades ago.
If there is one message I wish the candidates to glean from this point (because I'm sure their senior staffers are glues to this blog), it is that their messages should synchronize. Or, if all else fails, the Romney camp should realize that one can only say "I'm going to re-unite the Conservative Coaltion" so many times before America gets tired of hearing it.
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