After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, and amid talk of a brokered convention by unnamed Republican sources, a name has emerged as the GOP's White Knight candidate.
Taking a cue from another flagging American institution, the GOP is turning to ...
Mr. Saturday Night himself
The Republican party is in disarray. Willard "Mitt" Romney entered the campaign season as the presumed frontrunner, the New York Yankees of Republican politics if you will. But a season of "anybody but Romney" has taken its toll.
As the Republican constituency true believers have gone from Bachmann to Perry to Cain to Gingrich to Jeb Bush, the party establishment has grown more and more nervous. They feel their grip on power loosening with the rise and fall of every new Not-Romney candidate.
According to reports, the modern-day Tammany Hall that is the Republican Party has been busy vetting the shadow candidate that will rise from the ashes of this campaign season. Who better than Billy Crystal?
"The plan is to track Billy's succes in reviving the Oscars® Sunday night in order to gauge his viability as a candidate in the fall."
unnamed Republican Senator
Repeated attempts to reach Crystal's agent have been met with stonewalled silence. Crystal's representatives refuse to offer even the peremptory "No comment" comment. All anyone will say is that Crystal is busy rehearsing various musical and sketch comedy numbers for Sunday's ceremony.