I can say that at this point, this is the greatest amount of uncertainty in one of these since I started them over a year ago.
1. Ditka. He has the Central Committee votes, but is he really crazy enough to do this? I’m betting no.
2. Jack! If not Ditka, then who?
3. Oberweis. I mean, who the hell else is left? And he can do some self-funding. Probably the top goal of the NRSC right now. If Ditka says no, I can’t imagine the Central Committee doing much besides washing their hands of the whole damn thing and going home. In perhaps a note on how frighteningly low the ICFST has gone, he’s making noises about needing guarantees of money. Oberweis is making demands?!
4. Dr. Andrea Grubb Barthwell. Just a few days ago, she was ahead of Ditka. If it falls down this low, you might as well role the dice and shoot for the historic showdown between two African-Americans.
5. Corrinne Wood. Did she even apply? Does anyone know the whole list?
6. Borling. Hell, why not.
7. Wright. Will he insist on money?
8. Norm!
9. Kathuria. Resume being torn apart by Ty Fahner.
10. And it may be reached sooner than this–the abyss. The deep abyss.
Drudge says Ditka is in.
Draft Ditka
At first, like everyone else, I thought this “Draft Ditka” movement for the vacant Illinois Republican Senatorial nominee was a joke, but apparently he’s actually considering it. Archpundit has him at the top of the list and notes that…
Any other retired coaches out there they can plunder? With a better record — in *this* century?
Or they could start going up the roster in Sox management…. or Cubs management…. or….
What does Chippy the Chimp say? He’s more accurate.