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I think the Dems are bloodying up DeLay for fear he might run. He would be good. So will Newt but Newt is playing too cutsy with both sides of the street to suit me. However, he is brilliant and thinks these things through about three moves ahead.

There would be much wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Left if either seriously ran. I don't think DeLay is charismatic enough for a national election. While Newt is (marginally), he has ticked off many on the right. The 1980-1995 Newt was much more supportable than the 1996-present Newt.

There are many wonderful and talented people who would make excellent presidents but they either don't have the stomach for campaigning or they don't do it well enough to win. There are excellent campaigners who make lousy presidents. Bill Clinton is the star of that category.

Perhaps we should allow surrogate campaigners. The candidate would submit a detailed description of how he stands on all significant issues. This would be detailed and published so there could be no backtracking, flip flopping, or using weasel words.

Then each candidate would hire a charismatic campaigner to go out and sell him and his ideas. Press conferences and debates would have to conform strictly to the published positions of each candidate. Professional campaigners would be highly paid and would probably become like movie and rock stars, but they would never make any decisions or hold any offices. The smart people would do that.

And there you have your useless thought for the day.