{"id":6052,"date":"2011-06-04T22:53:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T13:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haakondahl.com\/blog\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2011-06-04T22:53:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-04T13:53:57","slug":"a-dark-horse-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/a-dark-horse-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dark Horse Approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just thinking out loud.<\/p>\n<p>The appalling awfulness of King Obama&#8217;s rule is settling in as a fact among a growing percentage of a formerly free people. \u00a0The Republican field is not bad, but nobody has gotten the base past a threshold of both queasiness and numbers, although several have beaten one metric or the other.<\/p>\n<p>One reason I feel so free to thump on candidates currently running is the suspicion that the only way to get more into the game is to not accept the current slate. \u00a0So you&#8217;re darned right I don&#8217;t like Romney, Newt or any of the rest of them. \u00a0I can&#8217;t even keep straight who has declared yet and who has not (without taking a refresher).<\/p>\n<p>So this is completely non-scientific. \u00a0I just think that the door has been held open long enough to attract a new wave, and they should be here any minute now. \u00a0What we will not see is Ronald Reagan striding through. \u00a0What we will see is a fresh batch of candidates. \u00a0I give it until the end of July, tops, but I really think June.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, I will support the nominee, no matter who it is. \u00a0NO MATTER. \u00a0That&#8217;s the price of admission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-login.php\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"6052\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"user\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"pld-dislike-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-login.php\" class=\"pld-dislike-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"6052\" data-trigger-type=\"dislike\" data-restriction=\"user\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-down\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-dislike-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just thinking out loud.<\/p>\n<p>The appalling awfulness of King Obama&#8217;s rule is settling in as a fact among a growing percentage of a formerly free people. \u00a0The Republican field is not bad, but nobody has gotten the base past a threshold of both queasiness and numbers, although several have beaten one metric or the other.<\/p>\n<p>One reason I feel so free to thump on candidates currently running is the suspicion that the only way to get more into the game is to not accept the current slate. \u00a0So you&#8217;re darned right I don&#8217;t like Romney, Newt or any of the rest of them. \u00a0I can&#8217;t even keep straight who has declared yet and who has not (without taking a refresher).<\/p>\n<p>So this is completely non-scientific. \u00a0I just &#8230; 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