He was the best the GOP had to offer in 2000, unfortunately. Maybe a slight improvement over algore. But a still complete moron, somehow smarter than brother Yeb..
I think that, looking back on it, HW was a Deep State plant into the Populist Reagan Presidency. The GOP alternatives since Reagan have all been DS, even when they were supposed to lose.
There have been no real elections in this country for a long time, the only one being Trump, who won through campaigning.
I voted for Keyes in 2000 and 2004.
Steve Forbes was a far better and brighter man.