Another endorsement by gourmet Gov. Terry Branstad---earlier one in favor of lean, finely textured beef and now for a candidate maybe not so fine. As of today Romney hangs as the albatross apparent around the Republican Party’s November election neck. And thought the party regular grind try not to think about their necks, the bird they’ve got in hand has a comparative standing as likable at 64% for Obama and 26% for Romney. That pits Romney’s popularity down there with Branstad’s insistence that a balanced diet for little kids must smorgasbord pink slime into their school lunch and that a Happy Meal at McDonald's ought to be slaphappy with the noxious stuff.

Dub, flub and flubdub---now responsible Republicans know how to negate Newt’s capacity to play to the mean spirit of a lynch-mob. When the cowardly inclined cannot get their hot air pumped into a blowtorch by jeering toadies, they are quickly looked upon as a loathsome inconsequential that is easily avoided. And the harsh voices of echoed support also fade away as rapidly as do the would-be sources that can no longer hide in a thinning throng. Like Speaker Newts henchmen in the House, with derisive dismissal they soon mumbled in total disinterest, “Newt who?”

Dub, flub and flubdub---now mainstream Republicans know how to negate Newt’s capacity to play to the mean spirit of his few but loud lynch-mob attendees---mute the mikes of the cheap seats in the audience. When the cowardly inclined cannot get their hot air pumped into a blowtorch by a jeering mob, they are quickly looked upon as a loathsome inconsequential that is easily avoided. And the harsh voices of echoed support also fade away as rapidly as do the would-be sources that can no longer hide in a thinning throng. Like Speaker Newt's henchmen in the House, with derisive dismissal they soon mumbled in total disinterest, “Newt who?”