Caucus day in Iowa and I suspect that by this time tomorrow the herd of Republican Presidential aspirants will have been culled by at least one and perhaps even two failed candidates. This will be a decidedly mixed blessing insofar as the longer the internecine warfare continues on the Republican side the more likely that Democratic sanity will prevail next November. On the other hand, how could one fail to cheer the withdrawal of the likes of Michelle Bachman?
The last six months of Republican whack-a-mole has been both entertaining and frightening as each candidate took a turn as "front-runner" - rising and falling like the tide. Every couple of weeks a new candidate would wash-up on the beach, receive all the fawning attention of a stranded baby whale for a week or so and then expire after enduring a second week of mostly self-inflicted injuries - the rotting corpse then towed to deep water to sink without a trace.
And I DO mean without a trace - for the salient point of the Republican contest thus far is simple: The GOP has absolute nothing intelligent or insightful to say about any of the very serious challenges facing the nation.
More on this subject tomorrow...
In other news, I have hosted a doggie visitor for the past few days. Sitka the Golden Retriever will be picked-up by her owners Wednesday evening. She is a sweet gal in the dopey and furry manner associated with her breed. I have taken some pictures of the hound but have thus far refused to pay Google the rent they are demanding to store additional blog photos. I have no doubt they will prevail in their extortion; but I am determined to pout for at least a couple more days before caving-in.
Later gang...
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