...tea party activists denied Republican Senator Robert Bennett of Utah the opportunity to compete in his party's primary on June 22. His sins? Saving the country by voting for TARP and having the temerity to negotiate with the Democrats for a bipartisan health care bill.
Do I care? Not really. Actually, the more extreme the Republican Party gets, the better, as far as I'm concerned. They'll only become more irrelevant. Let Jim DeMint have his way, I say, and he can be the Senate minority leader of 30 Republicans. Have at it.
No, I only bring this up to underline what I've been harping on for a while now: the utter fecklessness of Mitt Romney. Despite Romney's endorsement, Bennett, an 18-year veteran of the Senate, couldn't even secure a spot in the primaries! And Romney is supposed to be the GOP front-runner for 2012? Trading tip of the day: sell Romney short on Intrade.
In 2008, running in an open field, with all the money in the world and the best resume of any Republican, Romney came in third in the race for delegates. Third. Behind John McCain and Mike Huckabee. Besides being a Mormon and a flip-flopper, Romney has one glaring problem: he can't get people to vote for him. No one, and I mean no one, is excited about Mitt Romney. Okay, maybe his immediate family and the Mormon Church--but that's it. So if Romney can't even help Bob Bennett get on the GOP ballot in heavily Mormon Utah, how in the heck is he going to get anyone to vote for him for president?
Sarah Palin is still the candidate to beat for the Republican nomination in 2012. Right now, it's hers to lose. If the Iowa caucus were held tomorrow, she'd win in a walk. And by endorsing Carly Fiorina for the Senate from California instead of tea partier (and sure loser) Chuck DeVore recently, Palin is signaling that she's running in 2012. I've read that the GOP establishment is terrified. They should be.
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