I have to agree with you, P, that even Portia can be beat in a GE. A well-run JLP campaign that hammers away at her total lack of achievement in both her constituency and ministries would do it for us. What I fear is that the JLP is not up to the task to take the sword to her.

The other thing is that the JLP has been inept with its PR. It is time the party recognized that because we've been out of office so long, a whole generation does not know what we achieved when we were in government. I was shocked to read in a recent Gleaner op ed that Mr. Shearer was recognized by only 1% of the population as the leader who contributed most to development of the country. Even the writer of the column, a known PNP sympathiser, had to say he was amazed because Shearer had brought economic development to the country that has never since been surpassed.

To correct this terrible misperception, the JLP must reach back NOW and do a documentary on its achievements. And they were many....Cornwall regional hospital, a massive school bulding program, Jamaicanization of the financial sector, investment in bauxite, expansion of the port, a stable currency, Grade 9 Achievemet Test in secondary schools, and on and on.

You get my drift.