Reading Frank Bruni this morning Made me realize how this republican ticket came to be.
Any potential Republican candidate with a toe in reality sat this one out. Given that Nature abhors a vacuum, it's no surprise that she's punishing us with Romney/Ryan.
Bruni writes "We need to remind ourselves that the alternatives were Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann. And we need to ask whether we now have an electoral process so vacuous, vicious and just plain silly that most people in their right minds wouldn’t go anywhere near it."
The process has its flaws, but it's still better than everything else. This is what it looks like when only one side is playing seriously.
The skilled politicians in the Republican Party sat this one out. They did the math. Obama and team are strong campaigners. The public knows that the administration has done an excellent job with the mess left by the Bushies and in spite of the obstructionist policies of the opposition. Obama will be re-elected despite the best efforts of the likes of Koch and Kobach.
The B-team is on the field while the more credible pols wait this one out, muttering "2016" and trying to stay away from the stink. The worst fear of the A-team is that Romney wins.
Oh... and don't forget to vote.