" Republicans Forget to Run Presidential Candidate for 2008 "

[saltpoint]

Seems unlikely, but on careful examination, it appears that the Republican Party has forgotten to run a presidential candidate for the 2008 nomination.

Which is not to say that there wll not be Republican names on primary and caucus ballots, only that none of the names represented will be real presidential candidates.

Among many other commonly identified qualifications for the nominee job, electabilty holds primacy.

The Party, embarrassingly enough, has not bothered to field an electable presidential candidate for the 2008 race, rendering their primary and caucus efforts absolutely pointless.

McCain is not electable owing to his parrot-squawking support of Bush's Iraq surge.

Romney is not electable in large swaths of the South where Protestant fundamentalists distrust Mormons. And because he's such a creep.

Giuliani is not electable in large swaths of the South where Protestant fundamentalists distrust Catholics. And because he's such a thug.

Brownback is not electable because he leans so far right he tips over. And because he's psychologically unstable.

Thompson is not electable because he is a philistine yahoo. He's not much of an actor either.

Etc.

Ordinarily the Republicans run a candidate, don't they? It seems I recall them running candidates in previous elections. Perhaps I am mistaken. In any case, they appear to be withdrawing from contention this year in the presidential sweepstakes.

It's puzzlin'.