Waiting to Fill The Clown Car

We have a few hours left until the clock hits the hour that signals the end of the day Sarah Palin was to announce her intentions for 2012. You can wait up for it. I don't have the patience nor do I really care at this point. But remember people actually sent money to SarahPac expect this announcement. Will she return the loot?

Now we have news that Mike Huckabee may reconsider taking a shot at the nomination. I understand the Christianist vote in Iowa is very concerned that Michelle Bachmann isn't going to pull it off and they aren't in love with Rick Perry. But why am I so cynical as to believe that Huckabee is doing this simply to build up ratings for his upcoming interview with Mitt Romney on Fox News? The timing is too strange.

Willard is trying to show he's a macho man by airing his "Thank You, Rick Perry" ad. The ad takes on Perry for providing in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants. The ad features the always sinister sounding President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, telling Perry "Thank you" for signing the bill that passed the Texas legislature. Since President Obama seems to be cleaning up Al Qaeda, I guess Romney's big national security issue is fighting Mexicans. Somehow the President of a neighboring country is the next Ahmanijad?

Writing in the Washington Post, Michael Gerson, George W. Bush's old speechwriter, cried foul at this ad, saying it showed the bad side of Romney. More to the point, he quoted all the times Romney spoke on behalf of George W's immigration reform programs and sees this as an act of regression. Well, Willard is taking no chances this year . But what is he going to say in the general election to attract Hispanics? Is he going to remind the voters how many of his family currently live in Mexico? Or that his Dad was born there?

I know the economy is going to determine this election and that the Republican scream machine is pumping story after story minute by minute that President Obama is road kill. But I want to know why any woman in her right mind, any senior, any Hispanic, any African-American, any Gay or Lesbian, or any union member could possibly think about voting Republican after what we have seen and are seeing? Republicans already have a lock on white males. They need someone else to vote for them. What is the nominee going to say, "I didn't mean it. I had to say all those things to win the primary. Now trust me."

If you are wealthy, vote for Mitt Romney. The only thing he believes in is wealth and he will guard yours. Other than that,all bets are off.