[spintreebob]

Smart Candidates in upcoming special elections should jump on these stories while they are hot to get on local media outlets, including music and other non-ideologiological outlets that reach voters in their district.

Milk every angle of the story:
- Corruption that his penalties will be waived

- Too Big to fail as messianic appointee

- The Stimulus package we should all follow. If we all failed to pay Federal Taxes, we'd stimulate the economy much more than any pork from crooked politicians or a crooked Treasury Secretary.

Stay on message with a quotable, memorable sound bite. Don't confuse the topic by bringing in Jeremiah Wright or abortion or any other distraction that would detract from the point of the sound bite.

Aim small; miss small - Mel Gibson, The Patriot

[PhilCollins]

The secretary of the treasury should be someone who has held a cabinet position and has held an elective office. Obama should have chosen William Cohen, Bruce Babbit, or Richard Riley.

I agree that Rosanna should mention this issue, along with the fact that the district has been the home of corrupt, liberal Democrats Rod Blagojevich and Dan Rostenkowski.