Absolutely! He has a law and order, traditional values image based on his Mayberry days and he has an excellent personal reputation. In fact, the Democrats from my home state of North Carolina tried to recruit Griffith for years to run against Jess Helms. By the way, if you want to know all you need to know about the modern rise of the Limbaugh, Hannity, O’Reilly crowd, then check out Griffith’s 1957 masterpiece “a Face in the Crowd,” one of my all-time favorite movies.