That’s right. The long wait is finally over. The nation rests easy tonight. Newt Gingrich has officially announced he is running for President. Raised a Lutheran, then a convert to the Southern Baptist faith, and now a devout Catholic, Mr. Gingrich notes that many leaders spent time in political exile before returning to lead a grateful nation. He specifically references Reagan and DeGaulle, omitting Castro and Lenin and Mao from his list.
From what I have seen of possible Republican candidates, that party is in trouble. A major problem is that the people who control the nomination process are so far to the right that candidates who are even slightly moderate (Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney) must apologize for past votes or adopt new positions that are anathema to the average voter.
The second problem is that most of the mentioned candidates are either silly or strange, or in the case of Donald Trump, Michelle Bachman, and Sarah Palin, both. Even the more serious possibilities (Huckabee, Christie, Romney?) make President Obama look like the only adult in the room.
I just realized I forgot Rickie Santorum.
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