Chapter 25
On Halloween day, Oteb Rotteba, the charismatic, independent green socialist, young, articulate, vibrant candidate without the backing of either political machine, was behind by twenty-eight points. Still a spoiler—maybe—but no realistic chance to win. The day after Americans found LSD in their Cheerios, Oty gained five points. The second day, another three points. By the third day after Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, pundits thought they were hallucinating when he jumped another eight points.
Two days prior to the election, he fell back a point. Was he starting to fade?. So it seemed. Brad Scallari, social media whiz campaign manager for the Oty’s The One campaign, had been trying to reach the campaign managers for the Cannesco and Mason campaigns. The call, known as the “wha
