Chapter 61
Richard Wilkins had dreamed of power for a long time. He'd realized that this required giving certain people what they wanted. In this democracy that meant giving universal health care and making people feel safe from terrorists. Wilkins was charming, seemed like a nice guy. But he was willing to do almost anything to achieve ultimate power. Wilkins truley believed that humanity needed a strong leader to force order on an unruley population. Hardly the ideal belief in a democracy. There were rumors, that he worshipped demons. But the public no longer took such rumors seriously. Also Wilkins had a gentlemen's agreement with Obama and Romney not to bring up private religious beliefs. There were new rumors. A radical group who thought Wilkins was the anti-christ was planning a terrorist attack, hoping to kill Wilkins. Richard Wilkins was planning to be in California on the 25th of September. He didn't plan to be in the town of Sunnydale, but Secret Service was asking him to cancel the California trip. Wilkins still planned to go, but kept Faith and Edna Mae from accompanying him. California had more than 50 electoral votes, and Wilkins had a pretty good chance of winning it. Clearly this state was too important to ignore.