“I’m retiring because my time is up.” – Dave Hickey
It’s time for Jim Gilmore, George Pataki, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee and Rick Perry to gracefully bow out of the 2016 Republican presidential race. They’re barely registering in the polls, and probably wouldn’t even if Donald Trump’s candidacy wasn’t skewing things.
I’m not suggesting they retire, as Dave Hickey was once quoted, but as for running for the presidency, their time is up; they haven’t struck a chord with voters.
Athletes generally know when it’s time to throw in the towel. Physical problems tell them they can no longer compete. Politicians need to know that when nobody’s listening to them anymore it’s time for them to bow out.
