{"id":4512,"date":"2011-04-07T03:11:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T10:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4512"},"modified":"2011-04-07T03:11:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T10:11:13","slug":"a-good-laugh-for-keith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/07\/a-good-laugh-for-keith\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Laugh for Keith"},"content":{"rendered":"

With wars, GOP budgets, assaults on unions, nuclear catastrophes, etc., it\u2019s getting hard to find an excuse for smile anymore.  But, if you\u2019re really desperate, just consider the Republican presidential field foe 2012.  It worked for Keith Olbermann!<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"7Hopefuls\"<\/font><\/p>\n

In the new NBC\/WSJ poll [Murdoch Delinked], Mitt (yawn) Romney cleans up in a weak field, but look who comes in second.<\/font><\/p>\n

Among Republican primary voters, Mr. Romney<\/strong> captured the support of 21% in a broad, nine-candidate field. Mr. Trump<\/strong> was tied for second with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee<\/strong>, with 17%. House Speaker Newt Gingrich<\/strong> got 11%, just ahead of former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin<\/strong>\u2019s 10%. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty<\/strong>, considered a strong contender by political handicappers, remains largely unknown, with just 6% support. Rep. Michele Bachmann<\/strong> of Minnesota had 5%, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum<\/strong> 3%, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour<\/strong> with just 1%.<\/font><\/p>\n

Very Serious People in DC just know<\/em><\/span> that Barbour is a contender. Well, it seems he’s a contender like Phil Gramm was. He can raise a boatload of money but in the end he’s a regional candidate with retail skills and nothing like what a modern national candidate requires. And Pawlenty? Not exactly catching fire. Still, Very Serious People say he’s a Very Serious Candidate. <\/font><\/p>\n

Of course, presidential primaries are state level contests, and in IA, Bachmann and Huckabee (who likely won’t run) will do well, Romney not so much. And others of the early contests will favor the social conservatives over the Very Serious Candidates like T-Paw\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Is that collection of losers worth a chuckle?  I\u2019ll say one thing.  For the upcoming Republican debates, I\u2019ll need a bigger trash can, because my old one isn\u2019t big enough to handle barf bag overflow.<\/font><\/p>\n

But Keith has a tremendous laugh!<\/font><\/p>\n

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Hurry back, Keith.  We miss you being regular!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With wars, GOP budgets, assaults on unions, nuclear catastrophes, etc., it\u2019s getting hard to find an excuse for smile anymore.  But, if you\u2019re really desperate, just consider the Republican presidential field foe 2012.  It worked for Keith Olbermann! In the new NBC\/WSJ poll [Murdoch Delinked], Mitt (yawn) Romney cleans up in a weak field, but […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}