Palin! Trump! Bachmann! Perry! Christie!
This week the Wheel-of-Media-Obsession turns to Cain.
Could Cain be a legitimate contender?!?!?!?!
Of course he fucking isn't. Last week he said if you're poor or unemployed it's your own damn fault. That kind of shit might fly for Republicans most years, but not in an election where, memo to Herman Cain, the most important issue is jobs.
So really, this continuing game of Republican Roulette tells us two things.
One, the news media like to pretend there's a real race going on here because it's more exciting that way.
Two, there's a pretty vocal group of Republicans who really don't want to accept the seeming inevitability of a Romney nomination.
A lack of enthusiasm from the base is a bad sign.
Of course, it's a problem Obama's facing as well, so the general election is still anybody's ballgame. I'm inclined to think that a contest between two mediocre candidates favors the incumbent (as with Bush in '04, or Gore's stolen victory in '00), but it could still be very close.