Midwest Beer Belly Despair Blog

I am so freaking excited for the GOP debate hosted by Donald Trump. When Herman Cain dropped out of the race I figured the absurdist quality of the GOP race would go down. There would still be crazy mind you, but Cain added an element of comedy that made the whole thing watchable. He quoted the Pokemon Movie in his speech announcing his suspended campaign. We’re never going to see anybody with that kind of oblivious moxie for a while. At least I thought so. Until Trump jumped back into the spotlight. I’m not interested in what the candidates have to say. I’m much more excited for the adversarial nature of Trump against the candidates. The ones who show up anyway. It’s interesting to see how this is splitting the Republicans. Romney, Huntsman, and Paul have all declined to appear in the debate, probably noticing that it is being moderated by an insane egomaniac. Palin really seems keen on the idea. In her usual eloquent self, she even talks about going if she were a candidate. The split seems to be with candidates who take a more traditional route to the presidency (Romney and company) and candidates who are in it for the attention (everyone else). Will the traditional route work though? Who knows. I do have more respect for the candidates not appearing but I wish they would. The amount of quotable insanity that comes out of this debate should be legendary. Don’t disappoint me Mr. Trump. This campaign has been the best/weirdest/saddest one I’ve ever seen and I don’t want to see that go away anytime soon.