It Ain’t Over Until…
To put it mildly, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson has not had the best of weeks. As a matter of fact when you really put the rubber to the road, her biggest moment has been winning the May primary and you could argue it’s been all downhill from there.
Fifty something days to go and what does JLT have to show for it: sagging polls, few specifics on policy initiatives, money problems, just to name a few. But despite all that, I haven’t written off their campaign just yet.
If you will indulge the Star Wars geek in me, JLT is like Luke Skywalker. She’s got one X-wing fighter and has got to get through the Imperial fleet, make down the Death Star canyon, and fire two laser torpedoes in a two-meter exhaust shaft and get out before the darn thing blows up.
It’s not impossible, but JLT’s last best hope to salvage her campaign is to hit a home run in the upcoming gubernatorial debate. I take that back. She has to hit a grand slam every time she steps up to the plate. She can’t do it by talking about growing up on farm, having and MBA and PhD in business or her three tier tax plan. She needs to outline details and not just use the same old rhetoric of “good paying jobs.”
A lot of her fellow Democrats have written off her campaign. A lot of politicos have also written her off. I’m not ready to write this campaign off yet, but I do have a pen and paper handy if she doesn’t pull off a miracle next week.