I learned some with the 2012 fiasco GOP race, as painful as it was.
??? candidates can be pretty popular around here, Herman Cain comes to mind. They look attractive because they are the devil you don’t know.(no Herman is not evil, its figure of speech.) Then they blow up.
Next are the failures, the Newts and the Santurums run out of office.
Last are the Bachman’s, made a career talking as small house member, lots of fun to listen to, but never really accomplished anything relative to a resume for POTUS. Now she gave up her House seat race fearing defeat.
All these types are fast tickets to Romney/McCain/Jeb/Christie then another Obama.
To be fair to anyone who supported them, all the other options were bad so what the heck/
Bachmann consistently underperformed in her Republican district. She ran several points behind Romney, nearly losing in what was his best district in the state. Ran behind the 2010 ticket for Governor and McCain in 2008 as well. That’s never something you want to see.
Perry, I’m no great fan (I was VERY hard on him in 2012, his campaign was a disaster eclipsed only by Newt’s) but compared to these others he’s more conservative and electable than most of them. He could easily foul up again but he’s the only 2012 candidate I see with a viable path. He needs to leave office throwing punches with regards to the border situation.
I’m hoping Walker beats this nonsense. Pence is a possible contender, flying under the radar right now.