8 GOP, 5 Dems

[ColbertWatcher]

What does it say that there are still eight republican candidates, but only five democratic ones only one month into the election year?

[Zynx]

1. The Republican choices suck balls though.

I mean they are really awful. That's why four or five have a decent shot at the nomination, at least relatively speaking.

[Ken Burch]

5. Given the Larry Craig/"Doug Christie"/Pastor Haggard/that state rep in Florida wing of the GOP

The Republican choices may, in fact, LITERALLY suck balls.

[Bicoastal]

2. You're counting Gravel?

Come on now...

[ColbertWatcher]

6. Yes, technically. n/t

[Hobarticus]

3. That at least five Republicans are utterly clueless?

I dunno....what's it say to you?

[ColbertWatcher]

7. How do you think the GOP media will spin in? n/t

[Hobarticus]

8. I don't give two shits...

Their nom is going DOWN in November.

[ColbertWatcher]

10. I mostly agree...

I hope their nom goes down, I will not be supporting whoever they give it to, but I also do not trust them and expect them to pull every trick out of their collective asses to subvert the will of the people.

We're better off if we can anticipate their next move.

[napi21]

4. The Pubs don't really like any of their choices. I know that's the

media message, but I believe it. The Pubs are really split on who they want this time. The evangelicals want Huck, the scardy cats want Giuliani, the corpratists want Mittens, and the old moderates want McCain. Freddie is just taking up space! And everybody hates Paul!

[ColbertWatcher]

9. It seems the GOP media is spinning...

...that there are only 2 dems, who are fighting over non-issues (or that the 2 dem candidates are racist or sexist).

Meanwhile, the 8 GOP candidates reflect the true nature of America:
1. the GOP can resolve issues without fighting about non-issues like race and gender
2. the dems are fringe and do not reflect America which is a nation of people who can get along

I don't believe a word of it, but I remember when this all started, there were nine dem candidates and one or two GOPers. Then all of a sudden not only are there more GOP "choices" but they even got their own black guy!

I know they will spin this, not sure how...this is just my guess...

[grantcart]

11. Bush Legacy

More than Iraq this is the most telling part of the Bush legacy. He could have chosen anyone for his VP but he was so insecure he chose somebody that could never be a challenge to him. (Does that remind you of Nixon chosing Agnew?) So their is no heir apparent. But more significant yet is the fact that 8 republican candidates are going in 8 different directions while the Democrats have 3 top tier candidates all going in the same basic direction on most policies.

In 1964 Goldwater lost to Johnson but atleast had a unifying philosophy that would be expanded and developed by Ronald Reagan. The most telling legacy of George Bush will not be that it will lead to a huge landslide victory by the democrats in the whitehouse and house and almost 60 seats in the Senate, It will be that the republican party will be shattered in unreconcilable (pro choice/life)pieces. Thirty years from now they will still be studying all the ways that he fucked it up.

The absolute crowning achievement will be that by mistreating Ron Paul (who raised as much money as Obama and Hillary last quarter) they will give him a clear path to a third party further splintering the republican coalition.

George Bush will be remembered as the man who helped built the greatest democratic coalition in history.