President Bush got elected only 10 months ago. SHEESH!
We weren't wondering who was going to be the Republican candidate in 1997. We were hoping Clinton would resogn in humiliation.
I think it was 1998 before we heard the first Repub candidate, which, IIRC was Forbes. I don't remember Bush getting into the race until a few months before the primaries.
And, until I heard his profession that Jesus Christ was his guide, I paid him no attention. I was for Forbes until then.
Anyone who is panicking this early is paranoid.