1) Open GOP crossover primaries 2) Winner take all 3) A liberal media and beltway FOX news that loves him 4) No sitting VP running 5) an unpopular sitting POTUS 6) an asleep Fred Thompson... too many candidates period.....the moderate floated to the top that is about why or how..
Wardaddy, I agree with you, but the GOP had the opposite situation on nearly every one of those, and look at the mess they are in.
I just think it comes down to an uninformed electorate. It’s like American Idol, except no one can sing.