[arthurus]

I don’t think he had to be paid. He is a GOPe figure and as with all of them, he craved the Nomination as a fitting recognition of his value and services to the Establishment. He simply did NOT want the hassle of being President. He thought he had better things to do. The same goes for Bush I, for Dole, McCain, Ford, for the gopes generally.

[Reily]

I think it's the height of ridiculousness to claim these guys didn't want be president. They just didn't know how to get there! They all relied on campaign advisers who if not just fundamentally dishonest frauds were more out of touch with electorate then they were.