But wait, there’s more…more candidates?
By Michael Fletcher | Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 | PoliticsOver at The Weekly Standard, Stephen Hayes says: Paul Ryan is in the final stages of deciding on a presidential run.
Hayes says: Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan is strongly considering a run for president. Ryan, who has been quietly meeting with political strategists to discuss a bid over the past three months, is on vacation in Colorado discussing a prospective run with his family. Ryan’s concerns about the effects of a presidential campaign – and perhaps a presidency – on his family have been his primary focus as he thinks through his political future.
And, according to Fox News, Karl Rove thinks New Jersey Governor Chris Christie might still jump in the race.
The moral of the story? The GOP has soooooo many people more qualified to be President than the current White House occupant.
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13 Responses to "But wait, there’s more…more candidates?"
Eh, aside from Romney and maybe Christie and Ryan if they get in, the Republican field should basically arrive at every debate in a clown car. Hell, Bob McDonnell should get in, he’s a more believable president than 90% of the field so far. And he’d stand a better chance of winning the general than anyone except Romney, and maybe Perry.
Steve,
The visual of Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Herman Cain, and God-knows who else falling out a Mini Cooper in face paint and flowery jumpsuits made me almost fall out of my chair laughing.
Thanks for today’s big laugh.
P. S.
Happy Birthday, Elvis. Or whatever.
Steve V I think you’re onto something about McDonnell. Maybe that’s why the Cooch is getting ready to run for Senate in ’14.
Tim, Re: Swiss Franc
From Zerohedge: the SNB is contemplating a peg to the Euro, in an obvious attempt to stop the strengthening of the CHF w.r.t. the rest of fiat currencies.
CHF is still the flight to quality destination, along with gold (and the idiot herd into U.S. Treasuries) and it has been rising rapidly, presenting a challenge to the SNB. SNB has tried intervention several times, only to see their multi-billion franc efforts washed away in mere hours.
Announcing a peg is designed to change FX market sentiment, by announcing SNB’s determination to keep CHF from rising. If they actually go forward with a peg, the only way they will be able to maintain it is by creating hundreds of billions of CHF and using them to buy (and hold) EUR.
This is a bright annunciator of just how desperate the FX situation is. Gold bugs have been speculating for a decade or more that the final stages of a fiat collapse would be characterized by a “race to the bottom” as central banks worldwide tried to export their way to health by debasing their own currencies faster than anyone else. Of course, in the days of electronic money, no printing presses are required, and so the race will be a short and violent one.
The only remaining question is: who starves first?
For holders of CHF, this bears extremely close scrutiny, close as in “sitting in front of terminal, orders ready, mouse positioned over the ‘submit’ button.”
The ZH article also references a pending EZ “rescue fund” bond issue amounting to $2 Trillion or more. They will have to print these, I don’t think that much fresh, non-leveraged (real) capital exists anywhere anymore.
As you all have probably all figured out, I’m by no stretch an Republican or a fan of the Tea Party.
That being said. Steve, you comment is why I’m afraid of the Republican nominees: most of them are clowns dressed up as politicians or want-to-be-politicians. God help us if one of those ends up beating President Obama. Of course, I guess one of them could get the nomination and President Obama would cruise to a re-election winning 49 states and 65-75% of the popular vote.
“God help us if one of those ends up beating President Obama.”
If you mean, the Demo-Republican establishment is scared to death of Ron Paul’s candidacy, you are correct.
Clearly, something had to be done. Michelle Bachmann bought 4000 votes at the Iowa straw poll, and got 4800 votes total. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
As long as the clown car is not paid for by tax dollars, I am all for it.
Certainly, the republican party has many candidates trying to win their party’s nomination; their real problem is finding a candidate qualified to be President. So far, everyone of the candidates has stumbled badly, and the ones most likely to win have stumbled the worst. Perry is hardly out of the box and he shows that he is simply not ready for prime time; his harsh words about the Chairman of the Fed reveal that he has already risen to his level of incompetence. Romney may be the default winner, but there will be no enthusiasm from the right wing for his candidacy.
For a excellent picture that illustrates the EU contagion risk, google “Zerohedge Contagion Madness.” You will see a graphic illustration of the intereconnectedness of EU banks, by country and by amount owed. The numbers are staggering; source data is BIS. This is why the Fed secretly loaned $16 Trillion, including to foreign banks. 33 Liberty is the Central Bank of the World; can someone find that for me in the Constitution?
Now, can someone name a presidential candidate who understands the issues and knows how to deal with them; that is, can someone name such a candidate other than Ron Paul? Do any of you believe Rick Perry has any freaking idea what to do?
“Leaders” impose their will; “Constitutional Stewards” protect individual rights. What do you think will happen when the EU contagion spreads to the U.S.? Look at the numbers. Think.
Chris Christie? Hmmmmmm
The Repubs finally woke up and figured it might not be a good idea to repeat what the big fish Dems did in 1992. “Hey Bush41 is going to win so we’ll just sit this one out and let the hick Clinton run and lose.”
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