…will be similar to the effects of Raul Roco’s candidacy in 2004, which is to say that it will be good for the short term, but bad for the long term. During the 2010 Campaign season, Panlilio’s candidacy will galvanize the idealistic segment of the voting population (mostly from the Middle Class) who wish for genuine change. However, despite all their Obama-style grassroots efforts, the most likely outcome is that Panlilio will lose, at which point, his supporters will slide back into apathy. Just like the typical Roco-voter who believed that the outcome of the 2004 election was something for the FPJ or GMA supporters to sort out, the last thing on the minds of the typical Panlilio-voter will be ensuring that the elections reflect the will of the majority, whom the former will consider to be largely unthinking. What starts out as an idealistic movement for good governance will then end up as another excuse for apathy and elitism.

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