Here's a Wall Street Journal article describing yet one more of the people who have been discussed as potential Republican candidates for POTUS dropping out of the race before it even begins.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...sreel_politics

On one of the radio talk shows I was listening to today, the panelists opined that neither Mike Huckabee or Sarah Palin would choose to run for financial reasons. Both have become very wealthy with book deals, speaking fees and TV contracts, and the panelists opined that they may not be willing to give up their newfound wealth. The panelists noted that Palin had accumulated over $20 million just since resigning from the Alaska governorship less than two years ago.

My goodness, who will represent the GOP on the 2012 ticket? Here's a list of prospective candidates. There's a handful on this list that I've never heard of!

http://2012.republican-candidates.org/

Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich seem to be carrying a heavy load in appealing to religious conservatives, notwithstanding the fact that both are politically well-qualified. So who are we left with? Donald Trump, Michelle Bachmann, Ron Paul? Johnson, Karger, Miller, Wuensch...who are those guys anyway?

I guess hope must spring eternal that someone new arrives on the scene. Tim Pawlenty? Mitch Daniels? Or maybe Chris Christie or Michael Bloomberg (I hope)? I wonder how many of them even have campaign committees put together for the early primaries which are so crucial in winning the nomination? It's beginning to look like 2012 might be a one-candidate race. How can a party which so convincingly swept the 2010 mid-term elections find itself with such a void of leadership?