What is a total mystery to me is why any sane person would want to be the Republican nominee. The position comes with a job description that even Superman would be hard pressed to meet. You can get rid of a deficit approaching 50% by cutting funds from programs that represent a tiny fraction of that amount. You have to convince the financial markets not to panic if the world's bigge debtor no longer pays its bills. You have to convince seniors that they would be far better off without medicare and social security. You have to convince the average worker he'd be better off with a cut in pay and benefits, or with no job at all. You have to assuage the fears of America's fastest growing minority even though your policies will not support their interests.
You also have to convince state residents they will be far better off without the federally financed infrastructure projects that have been proposed. You have to make it clear to the guy struggling to pay his bills and with a house full of kids who can't afford to move out that rich people need to be richer.
You also have to convince the family values voter that you completely support their agenda except in practice.
Perhaps Americans should invent a new super hero, Impossible Man. Able to leap tall buildings by digging a hole, able to solve problems by making them worse, and fighting the never ending battle to convince you that the family car is totally safe in the hands of your teenage son out cruising with his drunken buddies.
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