Another Week, Another Primary

So, are you jazzed about today's primary in Michigan and Arizona? I am indifferent.

I will support the nominee, whoever he is.  I do not agree with Democrats and the Mainstream Media that the so-called fratricide is killing Republican chances. Anyone who thinks the Republican primary is ugyly, just wait until Team Obama starts spending its millions.  What we are watching now, that's the cartoon before main feature.

 I therefore dispute the notion that the primary is damaging the Republican brand. What is killing us is that neither of our front-runners is conservative.  To the contrary, the more that Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum try to increase their conservative street cred, the phonier they look.

But even a phony conservative is better than our current state of affairs. I console myself with this thought whenever Mitt Romney regales us with how many Cadillacs Ann drives, and whenever Rick Santorum whines that he is holier than the Pope.  No, they are not my dream candidate. That would be Mitch Daniels.  The prospect of Mitch Daniels somehow getting nominated in a brokered convention is just that:  a fantasy.

Not gonna happen.

Glad Iowa is Over

My disgust with this Republican field is such that it has become hard to even pay attention to Iowa. Sure, any of those candidates would be better than Obama.

The Republican track record of nominating "moderates," however, alarms me, because this is no ordinary election.  Tthe electoral fates of  Gerald Ford, Bob Dole and John McCain suggest that if Mitt Romney is the nominee, Obama will be reelected.  The Rasmussen poll says otherwise, but history is a better predictor than polling.

If Obama is reelected, I am not sure that we can ever recover as a country. American cannot endure four more years of narcissistic incompetence and hedonistic class warfare. 

Consider the percentage of Americans who pay no taxes:  with another term of an Obama presidency, will anyone be surprised to see that number pass 50 percent?  It's close now -- 42 percent; another four more years and we may well cross the threshold of the point where more people get money from the government than pay money to it.  There will be more takers than producers. And the takers will have the votes to demand ever more government, funded by the producers. 

Looking Ahead to KY-4 and Calling Hunter Bates

Few expected Geoff Davis to announce he was retiring from Congress this soon, but there is no surprise at the amount of interest in replacing him.  For Republicans, in particular,  KY-4 is a very attractive district, notwithstanding that Democrats still hold a registration advantage.

Davis's retirement must be causing plenty of East End Republicans to wish they'd moved from Jefferson County to Oldham County.  The voter registration for KY-3,  Jefferson County, makes it so unlikely that a Republican can win that it is a waste of resources to even contribute to a Republican there. Not so in KY-4.

In the inevitable Republican primary for the 4th Congressional District, Hunter Bates would be terriffic.  He is smart, humble, has a very strong faith and great political instincts. And he's a true conservative. He would be an outstanding Congressman.  I hope he runs; he would win and serve his district, Kentucky and the nation with distinction.