NO, the GOP did that. They fought like hell to get rid of the good candidates and left us with weak ones to go against Obama.
Trump as a potential Republican candidate is facing more media scrutiny in three months than Obama has faced in his entire political career; the media that now questions Trump’s qualifications NEVER did that to Obama (either as a senator, a presidential candidate, or as president).
The media elected Obama twice, even if the Republican candidates sucked; the first lost to an inexperienced nothing, while the second lost to a proven failure that was excused by the media with the words “Republican obstructionism”...