If the schedule published at 2012 Election Central is to be believed, there are only fourteen GOP debates left on the calendar, in a season lasting into March of next year.
Wow. I'm exhausted already. But I'm in good company, because the GOP debate series is already past its shelf life and well into the fungus growing phase, but it refuses to stop breathing.
For another five months.
Although I'm not happy with Mr. Obama on all fronts, I realize who the alternative was, and Mr. Obama is still head and shoulders above anyone currently participating in the GOP debates. The endless debates are a gift that keeps on giving to Barack Obama, making his re-election that much easier.
As an incumbent Mr. Obama doesn't have to campaign right now. He can sit on the sidelines and collect money while for the next FIVE MONTHS these clowns will be hacking at each other. They will be spending their money running against each other for a long time before the national election.
Assuming the charade continues as scheduled for another fourteen episodes, whoever emerges from the stupidity as the Chosen Clown will have created hours and hours of moronic ramblings that can be assembled into Jon Stewart-esque mashups in which the candidate argues with himself, perfect for "he was for it before he was against it" campaign ads. Mr. Obama will not be similarly exposed, and of course he has the advantage that he is smarter than any of the GOP candidates.
Whoever came up with the idea of all these debates probably thought it was a good idea. The ten month long series would give endless unpaid airtime to the candidates, and let them display their incisive grasp of facts and nuance, along with their leadership skills and personal charisma. I wonder how an Obama mole reached such a position of power in the GOP.
If the debates, already descending into infomercial vapidity, go on for another five mind numbing months, they will bury any publicity value with the reality that these people are all fucking crazy.
That will be good news for John McCain.