Okay, so Donald Trump rose and fell, Michele Bachmann rose and fell, Rick Perry rose and fell, Herman Cain rose and fell, and Newt Gingrich rose and fell. Even the radioactive Ron Paul rose in the Iowa polls, only to begin, toward the end of last week, his precursors' fall.
Had a raging Trotskyite entered the presidential race, he too, at some point, would have risen in Iowa's polls, by mere virtue of his unMittness for the White House. But, seeing how there was no world revolutionary stump-thumper to rise, it left only Rick Santorum to do so.
And this, Rick Santorum has done, according to -- get a grip now, watch it, careful you don't experience the vapors and fall yourself -- the VERY LATEST Des Moines Register poll.
Other than the GOP candidates themselves, this has been the political joke for months, told by all: Someday, even Rick Santorum will make his slotted move. So how did GOP strategist David Polyansky, as (seriously) quoted by the Des Moines Register, react to this altogether yawning monotony of a Santorum surge?
"Few saw this bombshell coming," [he said]. "In an already unpredictable race this is another stunning turn of political fortune."
Thus pukes a new year of political coverage, not a damn bit different from the preposterous old.
The only people excited about this race are the pollsters and media!! Unpredictable at this point means nobody gives a rat's behind...I sure don't.
Posted by: SueMe | January 01, 2012 at 09:58 AM
DMR poll same time four years ago had Obama 32%,Clinton 25%, Edwards at 24%.
That vapid scumbag Edwards, fer chrissakes, was at 24% in the final DMR poll.
Mitt doesn't seem to be exciting the GOP.
Posted by: MinneapolisPipe | January 01, 2012 at 01:23 PM
Are you seriously going to try to convince me that you aren't enjoying the hell out of this? Farce may be considered low art but it is still entertaining.
Posted by: Peter G | January 01, 2012 at 03:25 PM