Thursday, January 03, 2008

What's In It For Me?

The lesson that candidates need to take out of Iowa for the remainder of the primaries as well as for the general election, is that Americans are highly concerned about the economy.  They want someone who is likable and who they can relate to, but more importantly they want someone who can relate to them.  The idea is that if someone can understand my problems, he will address them.

With this year's compressed primary schedule Iowa's message must be heeded:  don't tell me what's wrong with the other guy; tell me that you understand me and are going to solve my problems.  And, those problems are economic.
Welcome to the Me generation. But you already knew it of course...