1. Anxiety Over Gingrich
I’m not sure why Michael Tomasky is agonizing so much over the possibility of Gingrich being the GOP nominee. I’d think, to read his article, that the prospect would positively thrill him as a far leftist. While I agree Gingrich has some major obstacles to overcome to first get the nomination and then beat Obama, I think Tomasky’s wrong to assume the general public is ignorant of his personal shortcomings (eg - the fact that his current and third wife was once his former staffer and mistress) or political posturing. On the contrary, I think Gingrich’s late rise has a lot to do with the fact that people (like myself) have been very resistant to even look at him because of his unsavory personal misdeeds, his political flip-flops and his early campaign stumbles. Tomasky has a point that Gingrich has shown a propensity for gaffes, and that certainly is cause for concern among Republicans. But compared to the rest of the GOP field (and perhaps this is the most stinging indictment of just how weak a field it is) he almost looks like the safest bet outside of Romney. But the ultimate thrust of the article, that Romney is inevitable and everything that happens between now and his nomination is just the fun of the silly season, is likely accurate. Oh Mitch Daniels, why have you forsaken us?
2. Herman Cain Should Not Be President
OK, I’ll say it. Herman Cain has reached the point of absurdity. It’s just plain ridiculous for a man who wants to be president to still be this uninformed on major issues. He’s had plenty of time to learn this stuff. All he has to do is grab a copy of any major newspaper in the country on his way to his next campaign stop or, better yet, pull up the Googles (or have a staffer pull up the Googles) and learn it. Now before anyone rushes to offer some excuse or another, they need to remember that, prior to this campaign, the man was the host of a radio show whose central theme was political punditry. I mean he should have picked these things up in show prep at the very least. We’re in Rick Perry territory now, folks.
3. More Cyberattacks On Iran
Whether this is us or Israel, I say keep it up just so long as we can take whatever we dish out (that is to say, hopefully whoever is launching these viruses has the antivirus on hand).
