Opinion: How would Barack Obama and John McCain play in Turkey, Texas?

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Given the scheduling motif adopted by Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, we fully expect the candidate to soon deliver a speech decrying U.S. dependence on foreign oil in ... Energy, Ill.

That would be followed with an elaboration on his call for lower middle-class taxes in Bonanza, Colo. Then, he’ll want to discuss national security matters in Protection, Kan.

And as the time for his vice presidential pick nears, we’ll be watching to see whether he tips his hand with a stop on Richardson Bay, Calif. (or, for that matter, in Clinton, Iowa, Webb, N.Y., or Nunn, Colo.).

Our conjecture is inspired, of course, by Obama’s Friday appearance in Unity, N.H., to stress his new-found harmony with Hillary Clinton and his speech on patriotism today in Independence, Mo.

It’s an attention-getting schtick, though easily overdone. In fact, Obama’s campaign probably would be well advised to give it a rest.

Still, as always, we invite our readers to join in and offer suggestions for future venues for Obama or John McCain where name and theme would work hand-in-glove.

This is for sure: If and when they reach an agreement on joint town hall appearances, one site certainly needs to be Truth or Consequences, N.M.

At the risk of beating a dead horse, we’ll chime in with a few places for the rivals to studiously avoid.

One, in fact, would be Dead Horse, Alaska. The towns of Boring -- one in Maryland, another in Oregon -- don’t figure to show up on their itineraries, either. Same with Turkey, Texas.

Enough; time for us to give it a rest.

-- Don Frederick