when to run for office?

I am volunteering on a campaign and the candidate had to file officially for the race in a certain time period. Now, no one was asking me for astrological advice but I decided to take a look and did drop a suggestion to wait until after Mercury went direct. I have memories of wacky elections when Mercury was retrograde. Anyway, the date I thought was most favorable was not picked, but the one that was, and the time the filing was done, looked like this:

Gemini on the ascendant, with a prominent Mars in Gemini. It opposes Pluto in the 7th(you go with the planets you have, blah blah...) but in a way, that gives a flavor to the campaign which is accurate: an outsider, running against a status quo candidate, pushing for change. Pluto is nothing if not that!
Saturn in the 3rd, opposing a midheaven Sun in Pisces. Okay, I did not pick just after noon as the time to file, but having a midheaven sun seems like a good idea - got the filing filmed for local news.
just a few other highlights: Moon in the 6th(candidate promotes universal health care) Jupiter in the 7th in Capricorn(but away from the Pluto) Mercury, Venus and Neptune in that order in the 9th, and Uranus in the 10th, not conjunct the Sun.

The date is Feb. 28, 2008, 12:15 EST. I would prefer to not give location for privacy.

Any thoughts on this?