According to Matthew Dowd we have a "hot" electorate and the "temperature" of candidates is important. Especially in the Tea Party dominated Republican party, "Passion" is the watchword. "Cool" Presidential contenders just don't cut it. Republicans think the time is right. They see a chance to throw Obama out of the Lincoln bedroom but on the other hand they don't want to end up getting it on with the Manchurian candidate.

So far I think each of the Republican presidential contenders have given the Republican base voters good reason to let the moment pass, change their front door locks, and sign up for another dating service. 

Take Herb Cain, as Palin called him, "the flavor of the week". His staying power is at issue. But frankly any guy who thinks he's going to get laid after giving his date pizza for dinner is a loser whether or not he owns the pizza company. Stop him at the door.

Ron Huntsman. Clean cut but Republicans are forewarned--he's the "tell-all" type. Huntsman jumped into bed with Obama in China but the first thing he did when he got back to the U.S. was post the gory details on the internet. Those odds are predictable and bad.

Michelle Bachmann. Every male evangelical Christian in the country dreams about getting two Wild Turkey and Sprite's into this woman and leaving their plump wives back on the property. Ain't gonna happen. Those zombie eyes are there for a reason. No dice.

Newt Gingrich. Seriously? I'm reminded of the Catherine Tate video in which after they return from a bar the guy is standing at her front door, pleading. She says, "I'm just not drunk enough". (see below thanks to tmccarthy)

Rick Santorum. No sex at all in the military--right. And he didn't hear the gay soldier on active duty being booed by the Republican high spirited debate audience. Santorum can tell a lie with a straight face. Very dangerous in an age of STD's. Off the list.

Ron Paul. On the off chance of insemination by this guy you have already seen the future and it is grim. Besides, he is so stingy and conservative he would probably strip the sheets off the bed and put on a rubber mat. Now that's a turn on!

Speaking of sheets I knew a laundress who worked for a Mormon family and it's all true. But my purpose is not to denigrate a person's religion even though Mormons don't exactly believe in Christ as Savior. And I will not stoop to scatological humor.

Oh, on Romney. Here's the thing. It's really hard to get past that story about the family dog and the poop running down the rear window of the station wagon. 

Getting back to Matthew Dowd's comments about Passion and Temperature (what's up with that?) He brings these terms up quite frequently when referencing that other candidate, Rick Perry, whom he says he has known for 25 years-- or at least he said so before last week's debate in Florida. Certainly Perry is, or was, hot. But does Rick Perry have that certain passion which  will induce Republicans to jump into the sack? It's been said, by Dowd, that one of Perry's problems is that he has a thin skin. He does seem to be his own worst enemy. Right now Republicans are wondering if Perry does get between the sheets again will he ever come out.

There is a certain expression used by our most penetrating financial journalists when describing the perfect economy. It's a "Goldilocks" economy, not too hot, not too cold, but just right for profits. I think the expression applies to Republicans' behavioral mood more than does, for example, describing them as passionate, or hot. Republicans are looking for a candidate who is perfect.

Obviously, one would have to be desperate to hook up with any of the current crop of flawed Republican contenders. But the main problem, as Jon Stewart said, might just be the Republicans themselves. They might spend a night at home looking into the mirror. Do they see the prejudice, the hate, the vengeance in their faces? Before they reject the creatures they have brought into their own boudoirs they might just want to take a look at how attractive they themselves are.