The race is on...

Charles Krauthammer, normally unreadable, handicaps the field for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. If I'm reading his odds correctly, he likes plenty of Pawlenty. Probably likes Mittens even better -- if it weren't for his public health care record. Unlike the rest of the chattering class, says The Haircut has no chance (zero, zip, nil, nada). Where's Palin ? Probably cheerleading from the sidelines, says the hammer, who also proclaims Rep. Paul Ryan the de factor leader of the GOP now.