Out of the inkwell

There's an old circus clown act where a Volkswagen drives into the big tent and one clown after another comes pouring out of the car--a seemingly endless parade of white faces with big red noses.

This would also be an apt description of the race for the republican nominee to be the next President of the United States.  Note the following:

Abt/SRBI for Washington Post/ABC News. 10/31-11/3. Registered voters (Republicans and GOP-leaning independents). MoE ±5.5% (9/29-10/2 results):

Mitt Romney: 24 (25)
Herman Cain: 23 (17)
Rick Perry: 13 (17)
Newt Gingrich: 12 (9)
Ron Paul: 8 (9)
Michele Bachmann: 4 (7)
Rick Santorum: 1 (2)
Jon Huntsman: 1 (1)

A few months back, Michelle Bachmann was the queen of the republican prom.  Unfortunately, it turned out she was a nutjob.  Then Rick Perry was the shit's favorite turd.  Unfortunately, it turned out he had absolutely no talent for even faking that he was qualified to be President.  Now the great white hope (so to speak) is one Herman Cain.  Unfortunately, it turns out he is a pervert...oh, wait--it's okay in republican circles to be a perv (unless your name is Bill Clinton) as Mr. Cain's numbers have gone up despite the three sexual harassment complaints against him as reported this week.

God only knows who will be the next saviour, but frankly the only candidate who can pass the emaycee test (who has a better chance to be President--me or "insert name of republican candidate"?) is Mitt Romney.  For fuck's sake--I'm not even running and I'm pretty damn certain 7 out of their 8 current candidates have the same odds of being President as I do:  a trillion to one.  And after John Kerry flip flopped his way to failure in 2004, you know the Obama team is salivating at facing Mitt Romney.

The upshot of this?  Barack Obama may be the luckiest s.o.b. on the planet.  Despite a punch drunk economy and a less than enthusiastic Democratic base, he still stands a decent chance of being re-elected.  And if the republicans elect anyone other than "always around 25%" Mitt, he'll probably win re-election in a landslide.

And we'll get to spend four more years bitching about him.

Peace,
emaycee