Thursday, June 9, 2011

Jonathan Bernstein, writing...

...in the Washington Post today, provides more evidence for an extreme Goldwater-type candidate to win the Republican nomination in 2012 (my emphasis):

Is there any idea too crazy for the 2012 GOP hopefuls? Is there any nutty idea that, once proposed, GOP presidential candidates won’t try to match or even top?

Looks like we’re about to find out. As Think Progress reports, Herman Cain (above) is now saying that as president he would only sign bills that were no more than three pages long. This would basically disqualify any piece of substantive legislation, including the George W. Bush’s tax cuts.
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How will the rest of the field react if Cain presses them on this silly idea -- which may be totally gibberish, but almost certainly will test well with Tea Party voters? My guess is they'll jump on board.
 
By the way, wasn't it Cain that said he wouldn't hire a Muslim for his cabinet?

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