Lakas can't be kingmaker

I WISH to react to the news story in which the political party Lakas says it wishes to play the role of "kingmaker" in 2010. How can Lakas be a kingmaker when it could not even manage to secure the victory of Team Unity candidates in the last elections? All over the country, TU was roundly beaten, except in places like Cebu, where no Lakas candidate won in the province. We need not stray very far. We only need to ask the question -- how did the TU fare in Pangasinan, the supposed "baluarte" (bailiwick) of Lakas, JDV being from Pangasinan? It was shameful. Certainly nothing for JDV or Lakas to be proud of. I think all this talk of "kingmaker" is just a shameless bid for Lakas to stay relevant in 2010. Because with JDV on his last term (and no waging a respectful national campaign), Lakas will just fade away, and its members absorbed by the more viable national parties, like NP or LP or NPC, who all have presidentiables. So Lakas should not kid itself. The best course to take now is to run for cover. -- Jorge Batoon, Glendale, California (via e-mail)