In the Wings

Early in the campaign season for the GOP stalwart to contest Obama for the US Presidency, second-tier candidates are dominating the hustings. These are understudies not stars and even those who are ideologically in accord with the vast body of Republican voters probably have little chance of unseating Barack Hussein Obama. Orthodox conservatives include Rick Santorum who has neither traction nor name recognition, Michele Bachmann who is mocked in the dinosaur media and whose campaign is certainly not in overdrive yet, and Herman Cain who revs up a crowd like Reagan but who the main stream media assiduously avoids even mentioning. Among those who are not movement conservatives are Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney who also both happen to be Mormons that many Christians from other denominations simply will not vote for in a primary. Gary Johnson is more Libertarian than Republican, and Tim Pawlenty seems a nowhere man who has only merited recent mention for heralding the "sex appeal" of fellow Minnesotan Michele Bachmann. Ron Paul is popular among Constitutional fetishists but can not win. Newt Gingrich is a dead issue, and to this point, almost no one knows who Thaddeus McCotter is. These are the players that you cannot tell even with a scorecard as giants Rick Perry and Sarah Palin wait in the wings.