The Donald

I just read that Trump may enter back into the republican race after his reality TV show "Celebrity Apprentice" wraps up.  WTF?  I was pretty sure that starring in a reality TV show  automatically disqualified one from holding any significant political office.  I think it's in the constitution somewhere.

I think that's why all the republican candidates (minus Gingrich and Santorum) have opted out of Trump's debate, too.  It counts as reality TV, and they're worried they might get voted off the island if they attend.

This election season has been called a carnival, a circus, a joke... but the fact that most of the candidates are skipping out on Trump shows that they do have standards.  Those standards are incredibly low, but they exist, and that's good news for us voters.  It means we've finally bottomed out.  After this, we have nowhere to go but up.  Practically speaking, I hope that means the ridiculous field will start being whittled down a bit. 

We've already seen the departure of Cain.  Perhaps more will leave the field before too long.  Santorum should've been out a long time ago.  Perry and Bachman haven't contributed anything for months now, and Ron Paul seems to be in the race only to say crazy things in a high pitched voice every once in a while just to liven things up.

The one candidate I still know little about is Jon Huntsman, which is a shame because he seems like a reasonable candidate.  He believes in climate change and has foreign policy experience from what I gather, which is definitely a cut above the mental prowess we've seen from most of these idiots.  Still, it doesn't look like he's going anywhere this election cycle. 

The last two men standing seem to be Gingrich and a beleaguered Romney... and possibly Trump.

Maybe we're not quite out of the woods.