As January 29th approaches and with it the Florida primary, I was just wondering...

...How, if Hillary Clinton is the "candidate of inevitability" on the Democrat side, she came in third!

...If, as Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton and their ilk suggest, America is such a racist nation, How did B. Obama win in Iowa, a state in which the black population is less than 3%?

...How long before the national media begin to attack Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney for their respective religious beliefs, while completely ignoring the fact that Barrack and Hillary will be holding campaign fundraisers in every church they can find?

...Is Rudy Guliani running for POTUS or President of All Things 9/11?

...I sort of like Fred Thompson, but is he human or one of those animatronic Disney things from that ride? (I think I like the fact that he said it doesn't make a difference to him if he's elected or not, but what a strange thing to say).

...Who the hell am I going to vote for!?! I like Alan Keyes, although he has no hope of winning. I don't really like any of the front-runners, although they each have their plusses. I also like Duncan Hunter, a congressman from California, except he is a Ron Paul/Pat Buchanan protectionist. The other guy I liked a lot was Tom Tancredo, but he's already dropped out!

It really seems as if the Republican party has taken a step backward in the absence of a true conservative leader. George W. Bush, as the de facto leader of his party has not been consistently conservative, and no one has stepped in to take the mantle of leadership. All the front-runners in the presidential race seem to be trying to out-maneuver each other for the honor of "Republican most likely to be confused with Nelson Rockefeller". I was too young to remember, but is it possible this is how we ended up with Jimmy Carter as president in 1976? I hope we don't have to relive those years to get another Reagan! I really don't see anyone on the R side of this campaign who can approach the Great One.

Speaking of bright young conservatives, whatever happened to J.C. Watts, Jr.?