Republican
Primary Season – Like watching a Train Wreck in Slow Motion
Something
rather bizarre seems to be happening in Republican circles. While
Donald Trump continues to suck up all the political oxygen, a couple
of weeks out from the Iowa Caucus Ted Cruz is actually leading in
Iowa.
Ted Cruz is
a ratbag. But he just might be the Republican Party Nominee for
President. In his time in the US Senate he has plotted a course to
destroy the US Government. Having him in the White House would make
for an interesting four years. Disastrous, but interesting.
Why people
would vote for Senator Cruz, a man who doesn't seem to want the
Federal Government to conduct any business is beyond me, but the
thought processes of Republican voters are rarely logical. Despite
his denials, Cruz was one of the movers and shakers behind the
government shutdown in 2013.
Cruz was
born in Canada, a situation which has Obama birthers rushing to
explain why Cruz IS eligable to run. Cruz seems to want nothing more
than to watch the world burn. He refuses to believe global warming
and would bomb the middle east "until the sand glowed".
Cruz
doesn't believe in the sciene of Global Warming and now oversees
NASA's budget. He is a case of government of the people for the
people by the stupid.
Enough
words have been expended on Trump, so I won't say anything further
here.
Ben Carson
is a twit. He seems to think that the pyramids of Giza are grain
silo's. He denies evolution for crying out loud. A Neurosurgeon who
denies evolution is running some serious cognitive dissonance. He
won't explain his thoughts on climate change, basically because he
has none. Or at least thats what I infer from this.
Jeb Bush is
still in the race. Those with long memories remember that it was the
Supreme Court of Florida, stacked with his appointees that delivered
the Presidency to his brother George in 2000. I think that the party
feels it owes a debt to Jeb Bush and that for now he is their
preffered candidate. However the Republican base don't agree. Do we
really need another Bush in the White House? The Republican
establishment thnk so, but can see that the Republican base won't
vote for another Bush. Nor should they, quite frankly.
John Kasich
could be the establishment candidate. Sober and sensible. Everything
you need in an establishment candidate. If he can get some
attention he could be the one to unite the party establishment with
it's base. That's a big "If" though.
Carly
Fiorina is a moderate in that she believes the science that climate
change is real and believes in "decriminalizing drug addiction
and drug use", an admirable position to me, but not to the
Republican base. I also believe her gender works against her with the
base. She's most likely an also-ran.
Rick
Santorum will get the evangelical vote, but has a natural ceiling. I
don't think he can be the nominee.
That leads
us to Marco Rubio. He's a Jeb Bush acolyte, so you know the
Republican establishment will rally around him if Jeb Bush falls. I
think he's the man who will accept the nomination and lose to Hillary
Clinton or possibly Bernie Sanders.
Tomorrow –
The Democrats.
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