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All Aboard! Republican Clown Car Just Got More Crowded!

It’s official, the Donald has entered the race for the GOP presidential nomination. At this point is there anyone left who isn’t running?

We have lots of familiar names vying to get  lucrative FOX News contracts save the country. But does anyone seriously think that Ben Carson, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz and company have a chance? The only grown-up candidate, Jeb Bush, would not only have to convince the general electorate that he really is the smart one, but he’d need to make the case to the majority of voters in the densely populated electoral-vote-rich states that he’d be better at the job than Hillary. Not to mention finessing the balancing act that got Romney into so much trouble – running to the right in the primaries and then trying to pivot around so quickly your head falls off. Continue reading All Aboard! Republican Clown Car Just Got More Crowded!