Beat Obama.

O K here is my much uninspired post about the race to beat Obama.

I'll go in order like I've done when addressing the debates.

Perry- Obviously, like I posted in my Iowa blogs, it's not over. There is a path to victory and it lies mostly in the Anti-Romney vote. That path is narrow and long and not very bright, but it is there. Can he go the distance? I don't even know. This is where I am blatantly uninspired, but not completely defeated. A "surge" like the media likes to jump on could take the Perry campaign very far, but without said "surge" very soon and very powerful, the Governor could be back in Texas for good in less than 10 days. (And that would be a win for us Texans; we have done a great job of succeeding while the rest of the nation fails, so why not continue on that path?)

Romney- This man is the favorite. But I think it is absolutely ridiculous for our party favorite to be a man that-- in practically 7 years of campaigning-- cannot convince enough people to make it a cake-walk to the nomination. SIX YEARS and we can still see straight through this guy. I will probably be forced to vote for him at some point (if Texas ever finalizes our primary date) and it will be painful to do so, but it will also be less painful than 4 more years of Obama.

Newt- Still a smart man, but geez, such an angry man too. I think he knows it's over. Well I think he sees his path almost as narrow as Perry's and that is sad for the reasons I outlined above.

Santorum- This candidate I feel bad for because he is just simply getting his shot at the spotlight like everyone else got, but his came at a time in which it seems to kind of matter. What I mean is Cain got his 5 minutes, Perry had his, even Bachmann had a few minutes as the frontrunner, or close, and Santorum's is right now. It won't last even as long as some of the others, but damn I feel bad. He actually thinks he has a shot because this peak in attention is coming during these early states. Poor guy will be back in the state he couldn't even win before the other guys head to Florida.

Huntsman- I think by his mouth directly his campaign is over. He needed New Hampshire and said it was win or go home and he did not win. He is also not going home just yet, but it won't be long.

Paul- This man makes me cringe. He followers do so too. They are all so extreme and they don't even know it. Or at least refuse to admit it. If Paul is President we get nuclear war, no questions asked. But we would fight that war with no allies, no bases across the world, and no chance. Not to mention prostitutes and drug lords would be running the streets of American here at home. Not at all the leader we need to put us back on track to being the Greatest Nation. And hopefully his peak has crested and taking the elections to the South will deplete his momentum.

So that is my take. Like I said I'm not excited. It wouldn't take much for me to put my cheerleading outfit back on, but it is not looking like that is in the cards this go-around.

Good luck to our party. Beating Obama is going to be tough with the damage we are doing to ourselves...

xoxo Sara Marie