On SC Guv Mark Sanford

At the time, I tweeted that Mark Sanford was the GOP's Muskie.  I thought I was being hyperbolic.   I was wrong.  Any guy who talks about his mistress being his "soul mate" while publicly profession to trying to "fall in love with his wife again" has a disconnect to reality.  Here's a pro-tip: if your infidelity has caused problems in your marriage and you're trying to reconcile with your wife, STOP TALKING TO THE MEDIA ABOUT HOW MUCH IT PAINS YOU TO LOSE YOUR MISTRESS.   I'm no expert on womyn, but I've got to think it makes the reconcillation an even tougher sell.

Remember when the Iowa caucuses used to be when Presidential campaigns ended?  Obama has seen more opponents' careers vanish before they could even organize campaigns.  It's like when he ran for the Senate and his Republican opponent's biggest fear was voters confusing him with the recently indicted and convicted Governor... then the sex club scandal and the next thing you know Obama is walking past carpetbagging Alan Keyes to the U.S. Senate.

Clinton melts over Bosnia and a series of politically malpractice decisions to ignore caucus states.   Boom, President.

When the cast of challengers are Mitt Romney (who has kissed any chance of ever winning Michigan goodbye, has a history of jaw dropping flip-flops, and only did as well as he did as the consensus anti-McCain candidate,  but couldn't even beat McCain in 2006), Sarah Palin (wildly popular with the base, but largely viewed as the Dan Quayle figure that scared people away from the McCain ticket), and Haley Barbour are the leading potential challengers, you've got to think things are looking good for Obama.

And the scary thing is: we're only seven months into his term and we've seen countless "the Republican's Obama" figures implode.  Being declared the Republican answer to Obama is like being promoted the # 3 ranking member of Al-Quada.    It's a short term before that spot becomes vacant again.  I can't wait until people start talking about Ken Blackwell being the Republican answer.  It's only a matter of time.