Monday, May 16, 2011

BloggeRhythms 5/16/2011

I was surprised this weekend, when Mike Huckabee decided not to run for the presidency, and a bit let down too, because although it's much, much too early to get serious about the race, he might have been a worthwhile vote.

Then I decided to do some investigation, to see why he might have decided not to take his chances, because he was clearly a front runner among all those who've announced. And he's certainly a solid citizen, not another fast-talking Arkansas yahoo who backed into national prominence by accident like another former governor we've all heard too much of.

In my research, I found an article in Business Insider by John Ellis that likely recaps it best.

Ellis says: "Whoever is president from January 2013 through January 2017 is going to have to make some very difficult decisions; all of them certain to earn him or her the undying enmity of powerful constituencies across the country. He or she will have to cut the military budget by at least 15 percent, discretionary spending by at least 15 percent, Medicare and Medicaid by 20 percent at a minimum. And on top of that, he or she gets to reconfigure Social Security so that it is means-tested and starts paying out later in people's lives.

In addition, he or she gets to deal with the slowly failing state or Pakistan, the failed state of Afghanistan, the collapse of the Middle East as we have known it, the unraveling of the European Union, a petro-cash rich Russia and the rise of China. And on top of that, he or she will get up every morning and review a Threat Matrix that literally ages you on a daily basis.

On top of all that, he or she will get to say to governors and mayors from around the country that there is nothing the Federal government can do to help them with their fiscal "issues." They'll have to deal with Medicaid and unfunded pension liabilities and education shortfalls all by themselves."

So, in the light of Ellis' recap, I'd guess that Mike Huckabee probably did his homework and said to himself that it's best to leave all those headaches to someone else and wait til' next time to run.

And having considered all those things myself, I think I'd also prefer to just sit there and play my guitar and leave the horror show to O'bama, he seems to enjoy making speeches so much, maybe he can talk his way out of this one.

Oh. And in the meantime Trump decided not to run. Gee, what a surprise. I guess somebody told him that part of candidacy was a background check.

That's it for today folks.

Adios

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