Tuesday

There was a Republican debate last night. I didn’t watch it. Did you? Is there any point to these debates? These days there’s not a thing any of these folk can say at any time, in any place that could be remotely considered ‘public’ that wouldn’t wind up on video or print or “print”. Debates made sense when it was a rare opportunity for a candidate to speak their piece about their positions. Now, I’m not so sure.

Here’s a tidbit I found on TheGatewayPundit:

In a new CNN poll that finds Perry at the front of the Republican pack, the Texas governor’s lead among GOP voters age 65 and older is actually bigger than his lead among younger voters. Fifty-two percent of respondents over 65 say Perry is their choice for president, versus just 21 percent who choose Romney. In the overall numbers, Perry leads Romney 32 percent to 21 percent, with Ron Paul following at 13 percent, Bachmann and Gingrich at seven percent each, Herman Cain at six percent, and Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum at two percent each.

So far anyway, Romney’s and the media’s attacks on Perry’s Social Security remarks don’t seem to be having much effect.

I don’t have any problem with Republicans beating each other up over issues but when they start lying about each other is when it gets out of bounds. Romney is not going to go quietly. He sat down (I figure at the request of the party) for McCain and now he figures it is his turn. Romney feels entitled and is likely to do a lot of damage on his way out. Perry is not the party pick and is not the sort that will bow out for the national party in expectation of receiving backing later.

Poker Night is tonight at 8pm Texas Time. Hopefully, we’ll get some players this week.

Behind the Burgers: The Rise and Fall of Ronald McDonald - Old, but still funny.

Week 1 of H&B Football is in the bag, here’s the numbers:

Update [ArmedGeek]: New Poll.