Yes.
Before the outrageous attempt to scuttle the Cain campaign, I had not been so optimistic about a field of GOP candidates in a very long time. It really seemed like we were flying high and had an embarrassment of political riches.
But it’s very necessary to let these candidates go through the fire.
This isn’t a bad thing. It’s a good thing. Especially if we take the opportunity to figure out where we stand on a particular candidate’s “warts.” Because those warts are not going away. We deal with them now or we deal with them later.
Some people seem to think if they don’t read the articles “against” “their” candidate, the articles and the issues they raise don’t exist. Zippity-do-dah!
I have no problem with posters who don’t want to read an article. But to get on a thread and then refuse to read, much less even comment SUBSTANTIVELY and RESPONSIVELY on the points made in the article, turns FR into no more than Twitter with more than 140 characters per tweet.
Yep, I’m all for fully vetting them now, and not leaving room for any october surprises.