Lots of attention on Iowa just now, with the Straw Poll and wannabe Republican candidates gearing up for the "real" caucus early next year. Mitt Romney and Rick Perry both did not participate in the Straw Poll, though Romney has been active in Iowa, and Perry timed his announcement to eclipse the Iowa Straw Poll.
Micbele Bachman won the Iowa Straw Poll. Nice for her, kinda indicates where Iowa Republicans are at, but Straw Poll winners have only rarely won national nominations and/or the presidency.
What I find bizarre is in the midst of the Iowa State Fair and Straw Poll hoopla, Debi Wasserman Schulz shows up in a summer dress, disparaging Republicans and reminding us all that the Comrade is blameless. Like... what?
And the Comrade himself has launched a bus tour -- I call it "Rolling Blunder" -- through several Midwestern states this week, I think. The route has not been announced, apparently to spare the Comrade from threats on his life. Given his performance in office, however, it just seems consistent with an overall pattern of aimless meandering.
Anyway, what's with Rolling Blunder? I mean, what exactly is the point? And wasn't he supposed to go to Martha's Vineyard to allow the liberal rich some exposure to his glorious self?
Rolling Blunder just seems odd. Perhaps having seen what the dems did to trash and anihilate the Republicans in the run-up to the 2008 election, the Comrade et. al. feel compelled to go out and try to defend themselves against the onslaught of contradictory -- and much much better -- policy ideas proposed by the right. I mean if the Iowa Debates last Thursday night were an indication, Republicans have a lot more and lot better solutions for the US's problems.
No, I think it's just that the Comrade sees this party going on in the Midwest, he wasn't invited, but he's going to crash it -- and deep in his icy heart, he believes Midwesterners will be grateful to see him.
Ever hear the phrase "dog in the manger"? I'm not sure where it originated, but supposedly it relates to some attention-hungry dog climbing into Jesus's manger in Nazareth to bask in the reflected glory and woo attention away from the baby. Kind of like when a news person is doing a broadcast from a bar or something, and some drunk keeps poking his own slobbering face in front of the camera.
The Republicans have been drawing crowds -- the Comrade just can't resist rushing in and trying to claim them as his own.
I don't think it'll work for him, though. We've already seen quite enough of him.
Save the Republic.
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