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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ana Marie Cox

Election ennui already

Mitt Romney: likes to pull the skin off his KFC, apparently
Mitt Romney: the squeaky-clean candidate among some tarnished rivals, the former Massachusetts governor likes to pull the skin off his KFC, apparently. Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters

Maybe we were spoiled by such an exciting and tumultuous early race, and maybe it's just me (it is often "just me"), but I'm having trouble finding a new way to talk about the current state of the GOP contest.

Newt is arrogant and corrupt; Cain in is flustered and philandering; Perry continues to set records for how many marbles he can hold in his mouth; and Mitt … Mitt is downloading his new firmware.

Outside of the GOP, the topics are only a little less tired. Occupy Wall Street contracts into a slogan; Republicans cling to the notion that not raising taxes on the richest folks is somehow a winning platform; and people in authority turn out to have dark and troubling secrets.

My cynicism is showing, it's true, but I'm open to suggestions: given the reruns on my computer screen now, what else should I be watching?

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