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Michele Bachmann has endorsed ... uh ... Michele Bachmann, describing herself as "the perfect candidate".I guess that's why God wanted her to run. Being perfect himself, he can recognize this quality in others. Sadly, it seems that Republicans are a little slower on the uptake.This is exactly why God should be allowed to vote.

So, Santorum won Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri.Note that the Missouri vote is non-binding, they're going to hold a caucus later which will actually allocate delegates.Santorum said he believes "that conservatives are beginning to get it that we present the best opportunity to beat President Obama." And Santorum is, clearly, completely mad. How hard is it going to be for Obama to run against a man so right-wing he wants a ban on contaception?If it was legal I'd donate to his campaign.

Oh well, if they're not going to co-ordinate with him then what's the point of donating to them? Why, they might run an ad saying that he's a drooling moron. I wouldn't want that. It would be a complete waste of my money.

Seriously?

Something I've noted is that when conservatives talk about their opponents, they always identify them as being members of the "far left" or the "extremist left" or the "radical left". Now, there must actually be people who are members of the moderate left just as there are moderate conservatives. But the Right never ever even postulates the existence of such people. I have never seen a conservative use the phrase "moderate left" about anyone. According to them, if you're to the left of them, you're a member of the "extreme left". Actually, you're a communist. There is no middle ground. When, as you say, they "keep a distance from the centrist positions of their opponents", they do so by explaining that they themselves are near the center, but their opponents (such as Obama, a conciliatory centrist if we've ever seen one) are "leftist extremists".

Tree height. Apparently. Does he have a legislative program to make all the trees just the right height? The ones round here aren't tall enough and I demand action. The free market has failed!Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

Liberals, gay people, people who use contraception, Protestants ...... wait, what?Speaking to an audience of Catholics, he said: This, of course, he blames on Satan, which is hardly surprising given that that's who Catholics blamed for Protestantism in the first place.I think in retrospect he will find that this is an opinion he would have done better to keep to himself.

Well of course. Citing sources would make him one of Them.

So, in Arizona, Romney won a convincing victory, dear me, did I use the words "Romney" and "convincing" in the same sentence. Never mind, it will pass.In his home state of Michigan Romney looks to be ahead by three points, which he is hailing as a victory, as is Santorum. As the Michigan delegates are allocated proportionally, 3% is not worth much, but the publicity value of coming first arguably is.Newt Gingrich has stated that he'll be up in the polls soon, because he is incapable of saying anything without lying.Ron Paul continues to run, because, well, that's what he does. His mission is not to win, but to remind the Republican establishment that there are two kinds of crazy people in the Republican Party, and his kind of crazy isn't going to go away. Or shut up. Or count for anything. Someone legalize cannabis already, you won't hear anything out of his supporters ever again except for the frantic crunching of snack foods.Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

Some quotations from a recent interview: Then why don't you try it, you loathsome sack of shit?

So, Newt Gingrich won Georgia, I always knew them folks were funny down there. Santorum won North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. And Romney won everywhere else. Ron Paul, of course, didn't win anything.However, winning isn't what it used to be, because delegates are appointed proportionally rather than on a winner-takes-all basis.No-one has dropped out. And it's a big yawn from us here at Adequate Towers, where we say, ah, who really gives a damn?

Also a sex strike in Kenya which successfully reconciled feuding factions.But does the end really justify the means?

Centrist Women Tell of Disenchantment With Republicans, from the NYT.Even Romney trails Obama by 20 points among women.So, maybe they'll change their minds about making contraception their big issue. How about the economy? It was going to be their big talking point that Obama hadn't completely cleaned up the mess caused by the Republicans. The only problem is that by November he may well have done so. Here's Rick Santorum: So what next? Ooh, Santorum has an idea. Iran! Because last time the Republicans started a war against imaginary Weapons Of Mass Destruction, it made them sooo popular, they should definitely try that again?No? Well, what's left. I know, how about making teleprompters illegal?

Seems like in Alabama and Mississippi Santorum is narrowly in the lead, over Newt Gingrich. Which I guess tells you everything you need to know about Alabama and Mississippi. Not that I'm going to indulge in crude regional stereotypes, because you can make your own without my assistance.

Surprise surpriseEdited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.