One Less Clown At The Clown Convention

By Miss Kubelik

Wow! The uber-pathetic Republican Presidential field for 2012 just narrowed by one!

Seriously, it narrowed a lot. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour throws a gigantic shadow, and we cats don't mean that metaphorically. If Fat Mike Huckabee drops out next, look out.

Meanwhile, yes — Haley Barbour won't run, and the GOP is in turmoil. We cats have a few fun theories as to why this particular Republican cartoon character looked at the 2012 Presidential landscape and said, "Nein!" To wit:

• Forget the reluctant wife. Is there a gay son that Barbour wanted to keep out of the spotlight? (We cats are assuming that Sterling Barbour is gay based on his e-mail about the unwanted scrutiny his dad's campaign would bring.)
• Or, maybe ex-lobbyist Barbour decided, in the end, that he couldn't bring himself to do the financial disclosure statement thing. (Hello, Donald Trump!)
• Maybe Barbour feared the coverage Mississippi would get as last-in-the-nation in education, median family income and "best states to live in," and first-in-the-nation in obesity — not to mention all the federal dollars the state receives.
• Or maybe fellow GOP Governor Mitch Daniels told him he was going to run, and Barbour deferred to him. (Least likely, we cats think — although the lazy hordes of the chattering class may stampede to Daniels next.)

Bottom line? Another day, another headline — and more time out of the spotlight for whoever the eventual sorry-ass Republican nominee will be. Oh, well!