Another candidate for POTUS?

There are rumors afoot that Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey, will succumb to the pleas of his supporters and compete for the Republican nomination. This is the best news we have heard in a long time.

Texans, on the other hand, are a bit conflicted as their not so favorite son, Rick Perry, just decided to run this past week. In doing so, he zoomed to the top of the popularity polls. Perry cannot win as he carries tons of baggage in the form of skeletons on the campaign trail.

To begin with, he is not terribly bright, a mediocre student, and a huge opportunist. He began his political career as a democrat and during the end of that period in his life, he not only supported, but managed the campaign of Al Gore in Texas.

He underwent a heartfelt conversion to Republicanism when it was clear that George Bush Jr. would become president. Rick was then Texas' Lieutenant Governor and as such, automatic heir apparent until the next gubernatorial election.

Chris Christie weighs a ton and suffers from asthma, for which he was recently treated on an emergency basis.

The good news is he is a reformer who managed to clean up New Jersey in fair order. That is no mean task as Jersey is replete with corruption in almost every sector. He middle aged and personality wise, a cross between a cage boxer and John Kennedy. He is a lawyer, prosecuting attorney, with a clean record for going after big names and winning. If the rumors are true, he will lead the contenders list bumping Rick at least into second place.

I personally doubt that Rick will long be in second place anyway. He just yesterday said to a group of supporters in Iowa, that it would be treasonous for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, to decide to put more money in circulation. O, who is currently touring Iowa on one of his two new 1.2 million dollar busses, quickly announced that Rick needs to be careful what he says.

So does O, by the way. It has just been made clear that illegal immigrants will in fact benefit from the new health care legislation. O said publicly and in the face of serious doubt, that illegals would not benefit from it. They get in the back door as it has been decided medical staff may not ask about the social status of people seeking clinical or emergency care.

The hue and cry is over the original deception and the millions of illegals who will now be legally attended to by certain clinics and emergency care people. This is at taxpayers expense of course.

Still no mention of sensible tax reform such as the flat tax or the fair tax. The latter is a tax on spending as opposed to income. It means that anyone spending money in the USA, including visitors and illegals, will pay a heightened sales tax. It is estimated that such tax would bring in substantially more than the current system.

It is not as simple as stated above and there are accommodations for poor people to get some relief.

It looks good to me.