This week has seen more twists and turns than Space Mountain in the Republican Race for President. We are down to three: Donald T***p, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich. The first two are bat shit crazy, the third talks a great game. How did they get to this point? Well, let's go back to the Summer and the debates. In the lead puppet is Reince Prebus, presumably at the behest of the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson and the like, decided since there were far too many "fantastic" candidates, they would divide up the debates to two per night: the undercard and the main event (6pm EDT and 8pm EDT). They would choose by the ever faulty "poll numbers" who would debate whom. Here's the problem, as you can well imagine, the polls are by name recognition only at that early stage. The voters don't know anything yet.
Why Reince and company didn't recognize this early on is beyond me? Were they so seduced by all the publicity and ratings? They got tons of support from the bottomline money grubbers at all the stations. T***p gave them big ratings for his outrageous behavior and rhetoric. What all the pundits were saying after every debate, T***p won't last the Summer, T***p won't last the Fall, and every time he soared. His unbearable popularity was making the news outlets tons of money because viewership was going through the roof. (Hence this great clip from TDS with Trevor Noah: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/daily-show-host-trevor-noah-877273).
So, now, people are scratching their heads and wondering how the grown up in the room can catch up? John Kasich has a minuscule chance of getting the Presidential nomination, but he could have. If Reince Prebus would have shaken up the early debates and not had an undercard, this race would look very different. The voters would have had a much smarter and policy focussed campaign season, but the way Reince did it....BIG FAIL! He could have limited the number of people running or he could have mixed up all the names and had 5 people on the stage each time. The voters would have heard the differences and the intelligence (or lack there of) of the candidates. Instead, we have gotten a nightmarish clown show. I really do land this all at the feet of the RNC. If John Kasich or George Pataki or Mike Huckabee or Rick Santorum or...got on prime time in the early debates, I heartily believe that this race would look very different.
They were seduced by the copper penny on the stage. The bombastic loud bully that had a new unfiltered sound. The networks loved it, promoted it, and dragged more money to the bank than ever before. The people loved it because there was a level of comfort and humor, at first. There he was, the man that had starred in his own television show, running for President of the United States. We knew him. Comfort food always wins out when feeling nervous or uncertain. T***p was all that.
Now, several moths later, the laughter has stopped and all that is left is shock and awe. The RNC is running around with their heads cut off wondering how they f**ked this up. The convention rules are being combed over to see if there's an out anywhere. Do they re-write the rules so they can get a nominee they can back? How would that effect the voters? Is it all a foregone conclusion that a Democrat will win the White House in November? Hell, no, but, Reince, you should definitely get fired or save face and resign. You have done an incredibly poor job of foreseeing anything. You are supposed to lead the Republicans and have a long view. You have been living in the moment and have turned what could've been a respectable Presidential campaign into a divisive and hate-mongering race. You didn't see this coming, did you? Or, wait, maybe he is really a Democratic operative taking down and shredding the Republican Party....
In any case, you all blew it. You may have actually had some quality candidates in your stable, but they didn't get any chance to show off their wares to the people. They went with the shiny penny.
Sidebars: I am increasingly getting sick and nauseous on the Democratic side. There is so much growing anger and snarkiness between Clinton and Sanders supporters that I feel the big picture is being lost. Facebook posts are getting ever more divisive. We are on the same side, please remember that. -- American Idol is finally coming to an end next week. 15 Seasons later and hundreds of millions of dollars made, it's going out with a whimper. It was an incredible platform which launched many young talents into megastars: Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Daughtery, Jennifer Hudson. Without you, The Voice never would've existed. -- Final Four weekend. It's finally here, which means baseball season is just around the corner. Can't wait. Already ordered the MLB Extra Innings for the season. I can watch the San Francisco Giants whenever I want 3000 miles away. I have low expectations for the NYC teams. We shall see. Pitching seems quite iffy. Let's see how many homers A-Rod hits this year. -- V for Villanova, V for Victory. -- Enjoy the weekend everybody. Off to Missouri to the Truman Library and see my babies.
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