Unrequited Love (The Case of Pete [and even ME] and Christie

So it appears that Christie ain’t running. Pete started gushing (again) before his guy said yes. I even caved after imagining a classy contest among Romney, Christie, and Cain.

Now it’s once again Romney, Cain, and Perry can’t be counted out. Sometimes it’s darkest before it gets still darker.

My opinion of Cain continues to improve, though. I will explain why later.

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