Roger Simon Handicaps The Horse Race: Intellectually Bankrupt GOP Will Double Down On The Crazy For The "Reawakened Perot Voters"

While blathering about re-born fat boy Mike Huckabee (Dude's going to have to slim down again if he's serious about running, literally or otherwise.) & what a meanie moron he's "become," three yrs. prior to the cloud of dust & horses' patoots that we'll see in the actual election, POLITICO's Roger Simon

... asked Greg Mueller, a political consultant who specializes in conservative candidates, about the new tough talk we are seeing from Huckabee and others. “Huckabee is being a fighting Republican, and this is a good position to be in as you try to position for 2012,” Mueller said. He also said that Republican contenders have seen the anger at the recent town halls and recognize it as an opportunity. “There is a coalition to be tapped of Republicans, independents, reawakened Perot voters and center-right Democrats,” Mueller said. “Dare I say it? It is the Reagan coalition and, before that, the Nixon coalition.” Mueller said this coalition is looking for someone who will stand up and “fight in an energetic fashion.” “Obama is pandering too much to our enemies abroad and breaking records for government spending at home,” Mueller said. He said the message conservatives want to hear is: “A strong America abroad and a strong America at home.” “We want somebody who will energize with a broad vision,” Mueller said. “We don’t want somebody who will try to wonk his way to victory.” The run-up to 2012 is already beginning. And red meat is definitely on the menu.

So. They need another savior/amiable Reaganesque dunce, to appeal to the Nixon coalition of racial resentment. There'll be no wonking to victory, just the broad vision of fear & hatred. Our only quibble is the "reawakened Perot voters," who weren't exactly spring chickens in 1992. Even if "reawakened," will any of them still be awake (or alive) 20 yrs. after, in 2012?