Romney looks to be heading to a significant win in Illinois, which makes me wonder why the hell Rick Santorum wasted time in Puerto Rico sunning himself. That time lounging may have been better spent campaigning in deep red sections of downstate Illinois.
It is a given that Romney will be the GOP's nominee this year, so who will be willing to "take one for the team" and go down in flames?
Romney/Santorum: No. Rick will be looking to 2016 and I doubt that creating "party unity" is going to be on his agenda. 0%
Romney/Huntsman: Too sane. Also, an all LDS ticket? Not so likely. 0%
Romney/Bachmann: A crazy conservative woman to make Romney seem sane while winning back women who hate women? 1%
Romney/Gingrich: The most hated man in America? We...
Pete is well liked. As Majority Leader, he garners a 65% approval rating, 50% of which is strong approval. The one black mark on his record continues to be John Atkins. Pete is responsible for his presence within the Democratic Caucus, and I wonder if, today, he regrets at all that decision.
What exactly should Trayvon Martin have done differently? Not walked to the store? Not worn a hoodie?
There is something very, very wrong in Sanford, Florida. And I'm beginning to think what happened to Trayvon Martin is related to how the Sanford Police run their department. I'm beginning to think that George Zimmerman knew, if faced with what happened on February 26th, he'd get off... maybe even get a pat on the back, or a medal. And if he had actually shot and killed a "bad guy" he'd probably be heralded as a hero today. And that is a frightening thought. Far too often stories of a heroic citizen gunman are touted as the reason why guns are good, while stories of gun tragedies are dismissed as isolated incidents that shouldn't be considered in the equation.
I’ve been following this story for the past week, and I’m surprised by how long it’s taken the national media to cover it.
Trayvon Martin was killed in Sanford, Florida last week three weeks ago. He was killed by a Neighborhood Watch member, who followed him for several minutes, and called Sanford 911 to report a person acting suspiciously. That person was a 140lb African American teenager who was in the gated community visiting his father and step mother. When he called 911, the Neighborhood Watch member, George Zimmerman, was told not to approach or engage the person he was following. Instead, he killed Trayvon Martin with a handgun. Trayvon had a can of soda and a bag of skittles. You get to guess which ethnic group George Zimmerman is NOT a member of.
