Not so fast there Handsome Rick!

It's all very tiring, trying not to throw up on one's self and to keep up with who's on top, as Deathmatch 2012 winds its way through the gauntlet of debates and straw polls fueled by deep fried sticks of butter.

Results of the Florida straw poll: Cain 37%, Perry 15%, Romney 14%, Rick Santorum 11%, Paul 10%, Newt Gingrich 8%, Jon Huntsman 2%, Bachmann less than 2%.

37%....Really! How does this happen? Who was voting in this thing?

Maybe we should simply conclude that straw polls are not a valid indicator of where things will be in a primary. After all we've had other straw poll winners in this silly season. Bachmann won in Iowa and now she's in the cellar.

The base is not content. Perry didn't bring it. Romneycare makes Mitt unacceptable to the right. Santorum is ridiculous. Paul gets alternately booed and cheered. Newt is show-boating and not at all serious and Huntsman is too damned moderate for the tea-baggers. Bachmann is toast.

So who's on next? Christie....doubt it. Jeb Bush....nope. Sarah Palin....no way.

Mitt's gonna ride out the storm for the next 6 months and emerge as the least worst candidate the GOP can muster. By the time the primaries start to happen, he will have been torn to shreds by the other candidates from his own party. That's good news for Obama.