So two more candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the GOP nomination for President. Neither has any chance of being the Republican Party nominee of course, but this week they added themselves to the every burgeoning field of egomaniacs who seemingly want the job.
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal aka "The Louisiana Boy Wonder"
This man has royally fucked over Louisiana as that state's Governor, and the first time he was given a national stage on which to speak, he completely failed to convince anyone as to his competence or his political stature.
That national opportunity came on February 24th 2009 when he was given the opportunity to deliver the official Republican response to President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress. He was simply inept, unconvincing and plain bad.
All his opponents need to do is play excerpts from that speech over and over again with the tag line "Wrong for Louisiana; Wrong for the Presidency".
And currently running at a heady 0.8% in the polls, this is a man whose chances are as likely as a snowstorm on Bourbon Street in August.
Chris Christie
Two words damn him from the outset - and they are "President Obama".
Forget all the scandals - that's just New Jersey politics at their finest.
To get the GOP nomination, you have to appeal to the Republican base. Those people will forgive all kinds of skeletons in your political closet, but what they won't forgive is paling around with Obama.
And after Superstorm Sandy, that is what Governor Christie seemed to be doing.
And the ads against him will say "Too close to Obama; Too removed from our values."
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As I said before, neither of these men has an earthly chance of being President. But what their candidacies do is make it quite likely that the GOP nominee will need initially to have two things going for him - a 15% ranking in the polls and Name Recognition.
This means with such a large number of people running, Donald Trump genuinely has a shot.
Please also note I did not say "two things going for him or her" because Carly Fiorina has more chance of leading the AFL-CIO than getting even a sniff at the GOP nomination.
But mark my words, with a field of candidates as large as this, a Large Buffoon has a chance. But as of my writing this blog Mr Trump seems to be saying enough outrageous things that he his self-destructing his Presidential bid before it even gets going. He's like the Space-X rocket of this nominating process.
