Thad Who?

 Poor Thad McCotter. He's the Rodney Dangerfield of the GOP.

 "It is Thursday afternoon, and Republican presidential candidate Thad McCotter is calling from somewhere on the Iowa freeway. The Michigan congressman has spent his morning trailing after the Values Bus Tour, a four-day, cross-state extravaganza sponsored by a trio of conservative groups and tied to this weekend’s straw poll. Now he’s headed back to the state fair in Des Moines, where he will enjoy pork on a stick, chat with voters, maybe jam on his guitar (he’s a committed ax man), and wait for the evening’s big event: a presidential debate, sponsored by Fox News and the state party, to be held at Iowa State University, and featuring eight GOP contenders.


Alas, McCotter will not be among the eight. Despite having shelled out five figures for a spot in Saturday’s straw poll, he failed to meet the participation threshold set by Fox News: 1 percent support in national polls."