Every day it becomes more apparent that while the Republican Party was perfectly willing to date their previously chosen front runner, Mitt Romney, they're just not ready to take the plunge and marry him.
The only leftovers alternatives are Rick Santorum, who has morphed from a mere Google victim into a warped version of The Church Lady, Newt Gingrich who is, well Newt Gingrich, frankly, and Ron Paul, the doctor who would just as soon let people die without health insurance and would like the government to get off his lawn in spite of the fact he's running for President of said government.
In other words, when it comes to a candidate who is human, possesses a functioning, reality based brain cell and wouldn't be laughed off of the ballot by President Obama, they've got nothing. Still, that won't keep them from trying.
So in the event of the potentially disastrous upcoming primary in Michigan, where it's not a sure bet Romney will win, the GOP appears to be flirting with other potential candidates:
If no Republican presidential candidate can win enough delegates by the convention and a new candidate is considered, GOP voters’ first choice is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), with 32 percent picking him, followed by former governors Sarah Palin and Jeb Bush at 20 percent each and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R), with 15 percent.
That's right: More leftovers.
First choice is a larger, slightly dumber version of Tony Soprano, a man who thinks same sex marriage, like civil rights, should be put up for a vote rather than passing a law, which he vetoed last week. Or, to put it in Chris Christie terms: "I've got your gay marriage right here!" (Insert the vulgar hand gesture of your choice here.) Who better to elect than a man who is better known for requiring helicopter transport to get across the street and shooting his mouth off than anything else?
In the number two spot, (and oh this is delicious) we have a tie between Jeb Bush and Sarah Palin. I have to say, as someone who has believed all along that Jeb Bush's chances of becoming President in 2012 (or ever for that matter) would be nearly impossible due to: (1.) The name "Bush," and (2.) He's Jeb Bush, even I wouldn't have thought that his lows would be reduced to Palin levels quite this early. You go Jebbie!
Rounding out number three: Mitch Daniels. Really? The prince of darkness who gave the gloom and doom rebuttal to the most recent State Of The Union address and is the former Budget Director for George W. Bush? Pardon me, but I just have to repeat myself here:
REALLY????
Why, I can't think of a better selling point for a Presidential candidate than the slogan:
If You Thought The Economy Tanked From 2000-2008, Get Ready For The Third World!
Mitch Daniels 2012!
From the party who have nothing to offer beyond a tax cuts, it seems everything old really is new again.
R.I.P. GOP.
