The Republican Candidate Comedy

It’s beginning to be a little comic - the Republicans are losing potential presidential candidates faster than they can update the "possibles" list.

This weekend we lost Governor Mitch Daniels.

Governor Haley Barber was the first out, followed by last week’s exiters Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump.

Some guys don’t even want to be labeled as "possibles" - Governor Christie who still insists he will not be a candidate, and Jeb Bush who says the same thing.

So, where is the GOP candidate going to come from?

There’s Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman, both loved by the Tea Party. There’s Rep. Ron Paul, who seems to be clinging to his Medicare fix for the US budget deficit as if it were the only lifesaver on board.

There are the supposedly frontrunners - former Governor Mitt Romney, who is a candidate but won’t admit it for some unfathomable reason, and Governor Tim Pawlenty, who is supposed to announce his candidacy today.

And, oh yes, there are the two announced candidates - Herman Cain, of pizza fame, and Newt Gingrich, who seems to have foot-in-mouth disease left over from the 1990s.

I have to admit that the situation is underwhelming.   

To put this all this dithering into perspective, we cannot seem to find anyone on the GOP side of the aisle with the guts to step up and beat President Obama, who is still, according to the opinions of almost all analysts, a very weak candidate himself, and who can be beaten by merely going after him with his own economic, diplomatic and military errors of judgment.

Do we have to ask John McCain to put on his running shoes again??

Or will somebody finally decide to carry the GOP colors in 2012. I’d hate to see Obama win because none of the GOP "possibles" can find the courage to step up to the plate.