. . . because I don’t think they’d actually be able to bear any of their “Romney-alternative” candidates.
Lord knows I’m not the first person to have looked at Romney’s polling among the Republican faithful only to conclude that the GOP really, really, really doesn’t want to nominate a French-speaking, (former?) pro-choice, (former?) gay rights supporting, (former?) Reagan-distancing, (former?) tax-raising, (forever!) Godfather of Health Care Reform, magic-underpants wearing Mormon named Willard to be their candidate for President of the United States.
I mean, Willard started this race the ostensible front-runner, and yet his polling never, ever has been able to break out of the 23 – 25% range with Republicans. They’re just not that into him. And so numerous candidates have been presented as the Willard alternative, and after each one has flamed out an equally or even more ludicrous candidate has then assumed the anti-Willard pole position. The Republicans are quite obviously desperate to find someone – anyone – other than Willard to put up against Obama next November, but none will do.
And with Herman Cain they are now scraping the very bottom of the barrel.
