[VanDeKoik]

The candidates in the race are the ones that chose to run.

The GOP didnt restrict any of the people complaining form submitting their own names.

[quesney]

I think the fact that so many great people chose *not* to run (and this has been the case for decades) is another sign of the sorry shape the US is in - it’s no longer a country where the best people make the sacrifice and step forward for public office. Only mediocrities, to fatten their egos, enrich themselves or some other self-serving purpose.

The better options who chose not to run have better things to do than serving their country in its hour of dire need, like being lucrative TV personalities.

[Timber Rattler]

The fact of the matter is that the Republican Party is in complete disarray, and it is the fault of the old guard leadership, which wants to go back to business as usual with the same old DC beltway hacks running things, as opposed to the TEA Party which wants to overturn them and beat the Rats.

And so rather than embracing the TEA Party movement, you have the GOP-E trying to either co-opt or stifle it altogether, and the base ain't going along with it.