MUCH LESS GOOD AND PAWLENTY

Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is a candidate no more. He has dropped out of the race after placing a distant third in the Iowa straw poll. This is a non-official poll whose winners have often failed to gain traction in the actual presidential election. Tim Pawlenty was the one Republican who was the Governor of a blue state (Minnesota) and had a reputation for working well with the Democrats, which is probably why the tea baggers won’t vote for him. Columnist George Will (of “when there’s a will there’s a sway” fame) wrote that Pawlenty was one of only two logical Republican candidates, the other being Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels who also won’t run (This makes Mr. Will 0-2). We were hoping down the road to have more “good and Pawlenty” but it seems we are doomed to not having a farthing of bipartisanship. Clearly, that’s what this Republican party wants, heaven help us if that’s what they get.

A PERRY POOR IMITATION, “G” WHIZ

Watching Rick Perry and listening to Sarah Palin brings back certain speech memories of George W. Bush. Because these folks seem to hate the letter G. They are about campaignin’, speakin’ readin’ (oops, we forgot…they don’t do much of that), huntin’, fishin’, and just plain not G’ing. What is the zen about not being able to pronounce the G at the end of words? It gets us thinkin’…