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Slack Tide of the Slack Jawed Also-rans
Wish casting a horserace is probably more fun than the reality of what is actually happening inside the hollowed-out husk of the GOP.
The proud and mighty city of Milwaukee covers the confluence of three major rivers, Lake Michigan, and for one unfortunate night the flotsam and jetsam of the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential candidates. Much as a biologist could detail the condition of the sea from dissecting a beached whale, the GOP flotsam of accidentally discarded and jetsam of things deliberately thrown overboard was on full display.
And the ridiculousness of it all was something else.
In the moment, a made for TV moment at that, the matter at hand was supposed to be a debate between the candidates on the stage. In reality, the one candidate not on the stage took his current 40+ point lead in the polls and didn’t bother showing up. The pitiful display that followed did little if anything to make that decision the least bit troublesome for Donald J. Trump, who will immediately take back the news cycle upon his booking in the Fulton County jail. The same Trump that all but two individuals — Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson — on the debate stage in Wisconsin raised their hands that they would vote for, and support should he be the nominee.
