With the presidential campaign for 2012 starting up with the traditional and time-honored (as well as time-worn) clichés about "examining my options" and "consulting with those leaders of the Republican party that have certainly earned my respect" an evolving list of likely Republican contenders is emerging.  Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Mitch Daniels, Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, Haley Barbour, Rick Perry (who is currently in denial), Jim DeMint, John Thune, Jeb Bush (who is sharing a condo with Rick Perry in denial), Bobby Jindal, Paul Ryan ... well, the list just keeps growing.  It keeps growing longer and the likelihood of any new candidate scraping together enough cash and support to not only win the nomination (considering the crowded field), but win in 2012 keeps growing less likely. It is likely that this is the hurdle that forced Mike Pence to remove himself from the list of...(Read Full Post)