Thursday, May 22, 2008

The Candidate


I have been lazy since the completion of my "First Year Review" which is why I will use the following posts to update this blog a bit.

First, a movie. The Candidate (1972). A Robert Redord flick about the pointlesness of American Politics (how appropriate for a Politics PhD student!).

Plot: Californian lawyer Bill McKay fights for the little man. His charisma and integrity get him noticed by the Democratic Party machine and he is persuaded to run for the Senate against an apparently unassailable incumbent. It's agreed he can handle it his own way, on his own terms. But once he's in the race and his prospects begin to improve, the deal starts to change (IMDB).

In other words, a movie that fits the current situation in the Democratic Party.


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