Post-CPAC Point and Laugh Open Thread

Well, that happened.

Grifterzilla celebrated her birthday by reprising the greatest hits from her limited repertoire to ring down the curtain on CPAC 2012.

CNN/Big Journalism’s Dana “Drop Trou” Loesch is trying desperately to get her minions to cover ass over her and her husband’s antics over the past couple of days

And dazed conference-goers felt the cold chill of the evening air as they emerged from their three-day refuge from reality, having voted in the Washington Times/CPAC straw poll for their preferred presidential candidate—Surprise! Mitt Romney—to be greeted by the results of today’s caucuses.

In the absence of that sweet meteor of death, Romney’s been awarded the win of the unbelievably arcane Maine caucuses with 39% of the vote versus Paul’s 36%, with 17% of the state’s precincts that will caucus later in the month being told that they can vote for whoever they want, it just won’t be counted. Not that the results are binding anyway. I think it would be easier to explain the laws of cricket to an American than make sense of that hot mess.

I’d call that a wrap, though there are plenty of details that we haven’t touched on here—no shortage of ink both real and virtual having been spilt elsewhere, not least by those on our estimable blogroll—and no doubt much more pleasurable and edifying things going on in the world that are more worthy of attention.

If you want to talk about them, here’s a chance, otherwise, enjoy your Saturday night and thank the FSM that you’re not a Republican. Unless you are, in which case tough luck, and how’s that hopey changey thing working out for ya?

Posted by YAFB on 02/11/12 at 08:09 PM • Permalink

It has an unpopular, uninspiring “lead” candidate who may have won the CPAC straw poll (hardly a cast-iron indicator since Mitt very narrowly won 2008’s) and been finagled into another caucus non-binding non-win win, but is currently trailing Ricky in the national polls (I swear if I see another “Santorum surges” headline I’ll do time), and still up against Ron, whose campaign actually understands how the GOP delegate process works and could well try to game it when the time comes.

Newt is at the end of his sugardaddy’s tether, and now Mitt and his superPACs have to dish dirt like cowhands on bennies to try to knock Ricky off his perch, while watching their own backs since Ricky’s been picking up some big-time donors himself.

Meanwhile, 20% of Republican voters would not be above voting for Barack, unless he’s up against Ron, in which case only 19% of them would vote for him.

There must be easier ways to lose an election.

In fact, this isn’t an election. It’s a frikkin soap!

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