Quite possibly. But there's always hope for a Mark Sanford or Tim Pawlenty to ride in and save the day.
Really, with the hosers out there "leading the pack" how hard would it be for a good candidate to break out even with a late start? Pretty easy IMO.
Everybody has problems, even sanford and pawlenty.
Sanford is squishy on immigration, and Pawlenty ignored FDA rules and imported drugs from canada, not to mention a tax raise.
There is no perfect candidate, everyone is going to bitch about everyone.
What do you think of George Allen or Bill Owens? If I were voting tomorrow, I might pick one of them as my first choice. I'm wondering whether J.C. Watts will ever come back to national politics. I still think he'd be a good candidate someday although I'm not familiar with his stand on every issue. I can't say that I'm enthusiastic about any of these candidates, but I'm still looking at the field. Of the Republican left, Guiliani, McCain, Hagel, and Romney, I think Governor Romney is the least of four evils. A good thing about his being in the race is that he'd split votes from the other four.
Bill