Donald Trump; Definitely Not Going To Be President

Apparently, Donald Trump wants to spend more time with his business interests rather than running for US President. I rather suspect, though, that his main concern (despite protestations to the contrary) is the fear of losing. After all, he's a brand - and an ignominious defeat to someone like Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney in the Republican primaries would damage that brand. As well as potentially damaging his colossal ego. Because he would never have made it all the way to being the nominee, and therefore the man Obama will defeat next year. He was not, and will never be, a credible candidate for the highest office in the US.

But Trump isn't the only one to opt of the race to be beaten by Obama - the ever idiotic Mike Huckabee has said "all the factors say go, but my heart says no." Whatever the fuck that might mean. As far as I can see, rather like Trump, what he actually means is that the factors are really saying no. He knows he would lose (again) if he decided to run. Wouldn't win the general election. Mainly because he wouldn't even make it to being the nominee. Last time, he lost to a grumpy old man. This time, who knows who he would lose to? The only guarantee would be that he would lose...

Of course, all of this reduces the field of potential Republican nominees. And actually makes it much less mental. Now all we need is for Sarah Palin to say she's not running and we might end up with a field of sane, if rather dull, people vying for the nomination. Which probably won't lead to a Republican President come 2013, but will also mean that the party of Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan hasn't been completely captured by its loopy, extremist elements.