Maureen Dowd, "G.O.P. Greek Tragedy": Or "Animal House"?

In her New York Times op-ed of today's date, "G.O.P. Greek Tragedy" (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/opinion/dowd-gop-greek-tragedy.html?ref=opinion), Maureen Dowd correctly concludes that Mitt Romney has all but emerged as the inevitable winner of the Republican nomination:

"Mitt Romney needs to be left alone to limp across the finish line, so he can devote his full time and attention to losing to President Obama.

With Sanctorum and Robo-Romney in a race to the bottom, the once ruthless Republican Party seems to have pretty much decided to cave on 2012 and start planning for a post-Obama world.

Not even because Obama is so strong; simply because their field is so ridiculously weak and wacky."

And so, with the US economy devastated and the world in havoc, American voters will be asked to decide between a narcissistic failed know-it-all and an unprincipled multimillionaire whose emerging friendship with Ron Paul (see: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/us/politics/mitt-romney-and-ron-paul-friendly-amid-the-rivalry.html?pagewanted=all) leaves me aghast.

Mitch Daniels, Paul Ryan or Chris Christie? Sorry, but it is too late. It's almost a shame that Santorum didn't take Michigan, thereby opening the Republican convention to rational possibilities.

Greek Tragedy? No way. This is "Animal House."