I am always amused
and offended when I listen to members of the Family Values Party aka the
Republican Party bashing same sex relationships, and Dems caught with their
zippers down. In reality the GOP men are
the biggest offenders or the most careless and somehow get a pass.
In the Louisiana
Governor’s race the leading Republican candidate is Senator David Vitter, whose
2007 involvement with a prostitute is being used against him by a fellow
Republican. I close my eyes and I see
his wife standing next to him at the podium, wearing a mantle of pain and
embarrassment and I shudder for her and the other wives who are willing or
forced by circumstances to “stand by their man”
Moving on to the Presidential candidates.
The Donald’s lead
is dropping in Iowa and New Hampshire. I guess primary voters are starting to
listen to him with their brains instead of their Tea Party brainwashing.
However, even with
the drop he is still the only candidate with double-digit support in Iowa. At
24% he is down 5% from last month.
In the latest
WSJ/NBC/Marist Poll, he has 21% support, which puts him ahead of Carson by 5
points in Iowa and Fiorina in New Hampshire.
Bush, Rubio and
Carson are at 11, and 10%.
The rest of the
car? Just looking.
But while they are
looking they are fighting with each other.
The Donald has been
fighting with all the other clowns, but especially with Fiorina and Bush. His
comments about her face would have caused him to lose massive support if anyone
was listening. At this point, his anti-immigration, birther message is the
central theme of his campaign and so he is getting the support those who agree
with him. His tax plan was widely panned
by the pundits; the Far Right kept right on loving him.
Rand Paul is
attacking Ted Cruz. The 2, who in the past supported each other are now
enemies.
Cruz has alienated
just about every Senator and Paul has criticized him in extremely personal
terms. Cruz single handedly corralled the votes that shut the government down 2
years ago. Now he can’t get a Senator to
vote for him to be the dogcatcher. His
hopes of being the next president have turned to ashes, but his ability to be
vicious remains intact.
Jeb Bush and Marco
Rubio have so far stopped short of reaching a scorched earth exchange. Stay
tuned, it will happen soon.
Bush is feeling
Rubio’s breath on his neck and is concerned that his protégé will overtake him
in the polls and in the spotlight by casting himself as a fresh thinker vs.
Bush whose father and brother already sat in the Oval Office.
Bush also has to
contend with The Donald, who seems to genuinely dislike Jeb, referring to him
as “low energy” which upset the Bush campaign and resulted in Trump amping up
his attacks.
Christie and Paul
have been going at it. In reality it makes no difference what those 2 think of
each other. Both have single digits in the polls and will be picking up their
marbles and going home very soon.
With this cast of
characters and not a sane, electable member of the Grand Old Party in sight,
the 2016 Presidential election is the Dems for the taking. For the sake of our country and the world
they had better not blow it.
It's a little early to start counting chickens for 2016 - lest we wind up eating some crow. Hillary could self-destruct. She's been leaking a lot of oil. Sanders is the darling of the Democratic Left. But, he's perceived to be a "socialist". (I know that's nine letters. But, it's a four-letter word.) He's got a very logical and compassionate message. Though nobody but the choir is really listening. Biden could pick the Democratic-centrist position. But, he's largely considered very "old hat". So there aren't a lot of Democrats exhibiting a lot of "wow" factor, either.
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