Joe Klein: Romney's Edge, Time -- Good ReCap of the Rs

[StClone]

If accurate Hillary is lesser a problem than the Republican nominee-wannabees themselves.


By the time that Libertarian congressman Ron Paul told a cheering crowd at the Iowa Republican straw poll that the 9/11 terrorist attacks might have been prevented if the passengers on the planes had been packing heat, I was beginning to wonder if the event—a goofy affair under the best of circumstances—had gone fatally exotic. Paul had one of the largest groups of supporters. So did Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, who provided a massive air-conditioned tent that looked something like the Denver airport and featured nonstop evangelical preachers and a Christian rock band that strip-mined Stevie Wonder for songs like Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Jesus, I'm Yours. Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo's promise that he would actually deport 20 million illegal immigrants seemed to have toxic allure for many of the alleged 30,000 Republicans assembled. Congressman Duncan Hunter gave away a Ruger shotgun and seemed ready to declare war on China.

There has been a rowdy, adolescent substratum to the Party of Grownups ever since Ronald Reagan renovated the property, inviting America's blue collars and rednecks to join the white-shoed country clubbers....



http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1653405,00.html

[TwilightGardener]

1. I thoroughly agree with his analysis--I have been predicting Mittens for some time

as the only acceptable nominee for the 'Pubs--the Mormonism and the flip-flops won't mean as much once all the other candidates' warts and family lives are out in the open. A presidential-looking once-married guy with a nice-looking family and an eternal "Gosh, I love America!" sunny optimism will trump all.