Tim Pawlenty -- Good riddance

I'm already completely sick and tired of all these stupid articles about Tim Pawlenty. As I said yesterday, his campaign was doomed after placing a distant third in the Ames Straw Poll. And of course, today, he dropped out in humiliated defeat. But there are a million articles about it, many claiming his exit "changes the landscape" of the race for the GOP nomination. The guy was polling 2-3% nationally! His entire campaign was a creation of the media, who desperately wanted a phony-baloney, principle free candidate to ascend to prominence.

The simple fact is, the clown has absolutely zero to offer, and thankfully, voters saw through his say anything to get elected facade. So he drops out, and his tiny percentage of the vote gets absorbed into the margin of error. He meant nothing, and his exit means nothing.

First 2012 Republican Presidential Debate

Ron Paul won this debate soundly. I can see that many media outlets are ignoring him, again, but anyone that actually watched knows better. He has clearly honed his speaking skills in the last four years, and he was able to explain his positions, justify them, and even get in some amazing laugh lines, like his awesome comments about heroin. The guy was the star of the show. I'm excited to see how polls reflect his ass-kicking performance. Gary Johnson, unfortunately, did not do as well as I'd hoped. I agreed with him, but he didn't do much in the way of explaining why he advocated what he did. Maybe he'll improve, but right now, it's looking like Ron Paul all the way.