Road to WH Goes Through Letterman---A suggestion for a dem candidate

an incredibly smart move for any of the democratic candidates would be to arrange to appear on Letterman's show. once there, tell dave that word is that the road to the white house goes through letterman, and challenge chimpy to a debate on letterman's show the week before the election.
this would be a good idea for a couple of reasons--first, it would heighten the person's exposure, and if done well could make the candidate seem human and accessible (as long as the candidate didn't do a stupid joke like chimpy did in 2000 re:letterman's heart surgery and chimp being a uniter, not a divider). and second, having letterman on your side could help to ease up any jokes (though probably not), but agreeing to a debate could turn up the bush jokes. and once letterman has it in his head that he's going to beat a joke to death, he does just that (see all oprah comments and his insistence on saying "hi bob, hi stan, how's the go-going?")

just seems like it'd be a smart play.

This is not exactly a revolutionary suggestion.

I think this is the standard move now. Clinton started it and since then, I think every major candidate has appeared on Letterman/Leno. Bush even did (and did a terrible job actually).

that the earlier they show an interest, the better.
i know it's not a revolutionary idea. but given all these polls saying that nobody knows who any of the dem candidates are, this would be a chance to elevate name recognition rather than wait until primary season.

here's an article on the history of candidate appearances.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2000/us_elections/election_news/665427.stm