I dunno about you guys, but I’m thanking my lucky stars that Republicans are dumbasses. Recently evangelicals have been threatening to support a third party (yeah, right) if Giuliani wins the GOP nomination. At The Corner, the pity party continues :

Rich and Jonah have written well today on the state of the GOP candidacies for president. “Is this it?” Rich asks, then answers, with some sadness, yes. Feelings are very mixed about the field. Republicans are depressed — there doesn’t seem to be a candidate with the right mix of ideas and positions and character.
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The point is that there never is a candidacy that breeds joyous enthusiasm. Politicians are flawed beings. The ones who speak well often seem false. The ones who are substantive bore. The ones who are tough enough for the job seem too mean. The ones who are likable enough seem too soft. Both parties and all ideological camps express the same reservations, regrets and anxieties. Always. And then they fall in love — or they try to, desperately, like a bride in an arranged marriage.

With all the whining about how horrible the GOP candidates are, they seem to be ignoring a perfect (for them) candidate that’s sitting right under their noses, Mike Huckabee. On every issue other than taxes, he seems like their dream candidate. He thinks abortion is murder, supports the Iraq war, opposes gay marriage and adoption, etc. Even worse for the Democrat who might face him in a general election, Mike Huckabee seems like a pretty cool guy. Yet with three pieces posted at the National Review complaining about the GOP candidates, the only mention Huckabee gets is a dismissive reference as an “underfunded…spoiler”. If you guys want to ignore candidates who aren’t in the “top tier”, more power to you. It’ll make it that much easier to beat you next year.