Today's Republican Party is divided into roughly three segments: (a) traditional tax-cutting, deregulating, privatizing economic conservatives, (b) hardcore evangelunical Christians, and (c) the Tea Party people. Some overlap occurs among the segments, producing glassy-eyed freaks like Michele Bachmann and that Palin gal.
Tim Pawlenty strikes me as possessing the tendencies of a group (a) Republican, and he's now apparently officially in the race for the 2012 nomination. Somehow, I had the idea that he was already in, but I suppose nothing is official these days until it's on Twitter or YouTube. Anyway, it looks like anyone who wants to run against Obama next year will have to find some way to appeal to all three GOP constituencies, with the unfortunate result that all their candidates will come off looking like Bachmann or Palin. That's sad, because the old Tim might've been a relatively nice guy.
Here's how bad things have gotten: Thanks to the Tea Party contingent, some guy named Herman Cain is in the race, too. Herman is famous for running a pizza franchise operation and as a right-wing talk radio host. Never held any elected office, but has decided to begin his political career at the top, rather than working his way up the food chain. Sorry, Herman. If I want a black dude in the White House, I'll keep the one who's already there.
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