I would be surprised if Sandvall comes to be regarded as the slickest candidate in this race, but slick seems to be wearing thin with Colorado voters.
Mitt Romney 2.0 is a slick and formidable candidate — c.f. the impressive manner in which he turned around Perry's question about his controversial Massachusetts health-care plan, pointing out that Texas now has more than a million children without health insurance, and ending with the statement, "I care about people".
The dinner in question has been called by Stan Lohman (Gere), a slick congressman and gubernatorial candidate who must put politics aside for one evening to deal with some unpleasant family business.
The voters who once had to passively endure slick TV ads of candidates chosen by the two political parties now get to pick whose online pitches they'll entertain from inside their personal information ecosystems.
And the Obamaites have been whispering that Mrs Clinton is as untruthful as Slick Willie himself.The Democratic candidates have also gone on record making explosive charges that they cannot now defuse.
But victory in such testing times would probably depend more on a persuasive candidate than a slick campaign.
You want to know that unlikely, uncharismatic candidates can defeat slick, conservative incumbents.
What this is about is the build-up of frustration voters have long felt with slick Madison Avenue Ken and Barbie candidates.
But I think the American people would get much more out of many, many FREE interviews with candidates than the entertaining, slick and insulting ads.
The crowd wasn't party bigwigs, prospective candidates for major office, or slick corporate funders.
Candidates have been killed, even as slick television spots run throughout the day, showing office-seekers who soberly promise to defeat terrorism and revive the economy.
