A Few Thoughts on the Election

I just knew I'd be bad at blogging. I don't think I've done this since September. I definitely think that qualifies as "bad at blogging." So that puts a lot of pressure on this post to be pretty dang good.. Don't get your hopes up.

Unless you've been living under a rock you know that election time is nearing (well kinda) and hopefully you have some sort of an idea of who is running. Surely you at least know that Barack Obama is the Democratic candidate. That's the easy one. Now I personally do not fall into the "anyone is better than Barrack Obama" mindset. In fact I think that is a cop out response. Because in reality it could be worse, much worse.

Now the GOP field does have a few more names to remember. But most of them won't be able to hold on much longer after the Florida primary anyway, which is on Jan. 31st. Right now there are six candidates left: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Raul, Rick Perry, and  Jon Hunstman.

I have spent a great deal of time following this election (probably too much time) and have come to several conclusions: Rick Perry needs to stay in Texas, Newt Gingrich can be quite a baby which is a shame because he can be terribly intelligent sometimes, and Jon Hunstman would make an interesting Secretary of State.

Now for what I can't quite figure out. Why is Ron Paul so popular among young college students? And how can Rick Santorum say "when I left office" when he lost his re-election by 17%, the largest margin of any incumbent Republican Senator ever. He didn't leave. He got fired, big time. And of course the biggest question of all, can Mitt Romney grab the nomination?