More Wild Cards resonance
Mar. 11th, 2008 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexxkaySo, the Democratic candidate who had been looking like the front runner early in the campaign is now suffering from a lack of momentum. They go to the black candidate and suggest giving him the VP spot in return for support. The black candidate says, "Maybe it should be *you* in the VP spot, not me."
Today's headlines, or a scene from Wild Cards book VI, _Ace in the Hole_? Which book also featured the first brokered Democratic convention in a very long time. (The black Dem in question was Jesse Jackson.)
Today's headlines, or a scene from Wild Cards book VI, _Ace in the Hole_? Which book also featured the first brokered Democratic convention in a very long time. (The black Dem in question was Jesse Jackson.)
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Date: 2008-03-11 05:28 pm (UTC)These Wildcards posts are so tempting me to go back & re-read the whole series. But shortly after is the whole 'jumpers' sequence which is where the series got de-railed & didn't recover until #10, the Melinda Snodgrass.
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