Yes, it’s a game of ping pong with our unusual Republican Auditor Tom Salmon, who had reportedly all-but-decided to run against Bernie Sanders for his Senate seat in 2012, before backing off when even he had to realize he would get absolutely massacred at the polls. Salmon had gone so far as to grab the “SalmonforSenate” domain names for his campaign website.

So what’s the plan now? Well, he was making noise about simply running for re-election as Auditor, and the Montpelier conventional wisdom has since followed that noise.

But according to GOP media activist Rob Roper, “some of the top names on the Republican side of the aisle (Lt. Governor Phil Scott, Sen. Randy Brock, Mayor Thom Lauzon, Brian Dubie and Salmon) met this week to discuss potential match-ups for the election a year and a half away”. Since then? On his Facebook page today, Salmon sez:

Salmon v. Shumlin would be a “thrilla in Montpilla”

Did Salmon draw the Shummy straw? Would that put Lauzon in the mix as the Auditor candidate?

Or is this just more of the Salmon Short Attention Span Theater? Somebody should start a “Draft Salmon for President” site and see how long it takes before he decides to hitch his wagon to that train.

He’s gonna have to shell out for “salmonforgovernor.com,” though, as squatters are asking over $1000 for the domain.