The good thing

For weeks, El Perrito has been behaving like a diva, teasing the media with coy hints and suggestions about his candidacy in 2012. Those jackoffs eat it up with spoons. My feeling all along has been that Perrito was already running, but would withhold any formal announcement until two conditions were met: first, that he was positive he would win the GOP nomination, and second, that he was highly likely to defeat Obama in November 2012. A diva like Perrito couldn't handle the humiliation of a defeat in either the primary or the general election.

That's not to say that Perrito will actually BE the next president, only that that HE'S sure he will be. If he's correct, the worst thing is that from all indications, he'll make G.W. Bush look like one of the nation's better presidents by comparison. The best thing ? Well, it's almost impossible to think of an advantage to a Perrito presidency, but I came up with one -- I'll be able to condense PRESIDENT RICK into PRICK, which will save space when I write about the relentless string of disasters following his inauguration.

Added 11:22 pm, same day: If there's any justice in this world, Perry and Bachmann will rip each other to shreds in the ultimate diva brawl, allowing Mittenful to escape with the nomination and me to sleep peacefully for the next 12 months or so.