Under the “I read these idiots so you don’t have to” rubric, Jonathan Bernstein at Bloomberg View:
The Republican presidential field just gets bigger and bigger. Three early-look lists last week — compiled by Karl Rove, by Politico’s Mike Allen and by conservative talk-show host Steve Deace — identified 26 candidates in total. Yikes!…
Early in 2015, which will be about a year away from the Iowa caucuses, candidates must start establishing campaign organizations, nationally and in the early states. Stronger candidates don’t have to declare formally too soon. But it’s already late for any candidate to begin to campaign.…
Even given the obvious beat-sweetner, count-padding candidates (George Pataki, Carly Fiorina, John Bolton, Peter King — none of them are running, but they can probably offer a reporter a nice lunch and some useful quotes), that’s a lot of bad meat on the hoof.
In the spirit of the holiday season, I’m imagining a GOP Nutcracker Ballet — plenty of marauding mice, toy soldiers, random blossoms, naughty lambies, Engelkinder, and a complete dessert buffet of exotic dancers. With Karl Rove as Herr Drosselmeyer, and the Koch brothers alternating performances as Mother Gingerbread…
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