With Citizens United, don't you think they should just move political coverage to the sports pages.

Let's face it. Looking at this mess of a Republican primary, it's becoming real clear that the real players are not the politicians but the big money backers behind them.

Romney seems to be owned by a consortium of Wall Street guys with deep pockets and a ruthless determination to win.

Gingrich would be out promoting his book right now if it hadn't been for a certain Vegas billionaire with a devotion to the state of Israel which borders on the fanatic. Adelsons money enables him to go on and on and on. God help us if he ever wins and Adelson collects on his debt.

Santorum is backed by the inimitable Foster Friess, the billionaire and humorist who yucked it up with Andrea Mitchell about how in his day the girls used aspirin as birth control.

Obama, who has decided that he can't do a unilateral surrender on this has reluctantly set up his own superpac. So far his biggest donors seem to be show business types--maybe that's why he's suddenly discovered his singing voice.

It's more than some big bucks team owner shelling out the millions to acquire the services of a hot new quarterback or pitcher. These billionaires have become more like race horse owners, spending large sums of money to have a horse in the Kentucky Derby only in this case it's more than a big money prize and a lucrative stud career on the line.

Think of it, big, aggressive, small-brained creatures, who are owned by millionaires and billionaires running around in circles guided by midgets. It's my favorite metaphor for politics although given the sort of debate we've been seeing among the Republican candidates I think I may have insulted the mental capabilities of Thoroughbred race horses.