Now Thats Democracy

I heard the other day that there are plans being made to draft Jeb Bush for the nominee at the Republican Convention this August if there is no clear winner after the primaries, which seems likely. I can't imagine that going over very well at the Romney or Gingrich camps certainly but I would think that it might also anger all the people who went to the halls, listened to the speeches and talked with other folks before finally casting a vote. We have a process for picking a candidate and regardless of how odious I personally find them doesn't the fact that they have garnered so much support from rank and file Republicans entitle them to something better than a "thanks for coming but we have our winner"?   To be clear, its not that Romney or Gingrich have anything to complain about for themselves, regardless of how much money they spent, but I think their supporters have and if this were to occur their voices would be silenced. I guess when you think about it, a bunch of elites deciding what is best without regard to the people who listened, considered then spoke, is pretty much the norm when it comes to the Republicans.
When you get right down to it the Republicans are doing the economy a favor by running a jobs program where the product they are making is completely useless. They will have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising and travel to pick a candidate and in the end will simply anoint someone who didn't spend a dime. I know they dislike Keynes so I am a little surprised that they seem to be following his model for recessionary spending, though even Keynes might have balked if what was produced turned out to be a bunch of hateful television commercials.
To recap; they ignored the will of their own people and spent a bunch of money for nothing. Vote Republican!