Michael Moore was on the Today Show a couple weeks back (January 6). I thought he made a lot of sense when he asked:
Where's our Arnold? Why aren't we running our Arnold? Why do we continue to run these wonks? The American people--see the Republicans, as much as they berate Hollywood, actually they love Hollywood. In fact, they know that Americans love Hollywood, too, and that's why Republicans run people from Hollywood. Reagan, Arnold, Gopher from "The Love Boat." He was in Congress...Sonny Bono...Fred Thompson. They know that Americans love Hollywood. That's why they run people from Hollywood. And--and when the Democrats run stars: Bill Clinton, the rock star; John Kennedy, the movie star, they win. And when they run wonks, they lose. And they've got to start thinking about the people who connect to the average American out there, and who are really--you know, people who move the American public in--in a very visceral way...when we start running people that are beloved by the American public, we're going to win.
Let's start with the DNC Chair. Howard Dean is our star. Martin Frost is not.
