Keller @ Large: Crazy Political Promises Begin
BOSTON (CBS) - This is high season for political promises, and some of them are more plausible than others, to say the least.
But the most impressive promise I've heard so far comes from Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who told CNN Tuesday that if he's elected, he will move to reunite the members of the rock band Pink Floyd so they can perform their song "Money," because, explains Kasich, "we have so much trouble in America with our finances."
Not sure I get the connection, and since Pink Floyd haven't performed together in 11 years and the three living members say they don't want to play together again, this might be a tough promise to deliver on.
But I like Kasich's spunk. And I wonder – why not think even bigger?
I'd pay to see a Beatles reunion, perhaps with Dhani Harrison and Sean Lennon filling in for their late fathers.
It's been nine years since the last Led Zeppelin reunion. Surely those guys don't have anything better to do.
And why stop with music?
The 2013 Red Sox had awesome chemistry. Surely Kasich could get them back together, although I'd like to keep David Price.
And if Kasich really wants to jump-start his popularity in New Hampshire, he should figure out a way to reassemble the state's beloved natural symbol, the Old Man of the Mountain, which collapsed in a pile of rubble just 13 years ago.
Somebody order up a whole mess of Super Glue!
This is the kind of big thinking we need in the White House.
Ladies and gentlemen up in New Hampshire, let the promises begin!
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