This weekend, Barron’s called them the Bland Old Party,
To win the White House, the GOP needs a candidate with that old Ronald Reagan appeal. So far, that person hasn’t surfaced.
THE ABSENCE OF AN INSPIRATIONAL GOP presidential aspirant is a big plus for Obama. Of course, it’s still early in the game. Voters haven’t yet gotten to know many of the prospects, other than round-the-clock political-media stars like Huckabee, Palin and Gingrich; nor are they overly interested yet in presidential politics. To them, Herman Cain, who’s never held political office, is primarily a pizza guy. Gary Johnson is the former governor of New Mexico? Most voters don’t know nor care.
I’ve been saying for months that Obama has a 75% chance of being re-elected. Tonight in hour one, we took a tour of the GOP field and the week that was, everything from Mitt’s defense of Romneycare to Newt, to Hermain Cain and God throwing the country a bone by telling Mike Huckabee not to run. Of course, no discussion of the 2012 Republican presidential candidates is complete without mentioning Mitch Daniels and swooning over Chris Christie. Incredibly, despite all evidence and logic to the contrary, we got multiple pro-Donald Trump calls tonight. The name Hiroo Onoda came to mind. Mercifully, our friend Garrett Quinn emailed during the show with the news that The Donald has re-upped for next season of The Apprentice. America will have to soldier on with him as a reality TV clown, and not the leader of the free world. Courage.
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