GOP presidential hopefuls missing Hair

I found it interesting to note that a story in today's New York Times that mentions that possible GOP presidential contenders two years hence did not include Gov. Hair. For those not wanting to read the piece, the story basically says former Alaska Gov. and veep candidate Tiny Fey ... oops, I mean Sarah Palin ... is the wild card in the race, althought not in the ways you might think. In this case, "wild," means the other "possibles" are basically waiting around to see what antics she's got up her sleeves this time around.

The others listed in the story are (in order of mention): Tim Pawlenty, the departing governor of Minnesota; Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi; Mitt Romney, the former governor Massachusetts who also ran in 2008; Gov. Georbge E. Pataki of New York; Senator John Thune of South Dakota (Has anyone outside of the Dakotas heard of this guy?); Newt Gingrich (omigod!), the former House speaker; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, the darling of the Christian conservatives; Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana; Rep. Mike Pence, also of Indiana (both of whom sound like Dan Quayle-type VP possibilities); and Rick Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania who was quote by the Times as saying: “Unlike the past, I’m not sure there is a prohibitive favorite. It’s a matter of raising resources to conduct a viable effort. A lot of folks will never be able to get off the ground.”