Oh for Heaven’s sake. There isn’t a wide angle lens big enough for the GOP debates.
This is getting ridiculous.
RE: Oh for Heaven’s sake. There isn’t a wide angle lens big enough for the GOP debates.
Well, in 2012, we had the following who were running for President (if memory serves me right):
1. Mitt Romney
2. Newt Gingrich
3. Rick Santorum
4. Michelle Bachmann
5. Herman Cain
6. Tim Pawlenty
7. Ron Paul
8. Rick Perry
9. Jon Huntsman
10. Gary Johnson
11. Thaddeus McCotter
So far, we have three who have declared. My feeling is next year, we will see the following having declared their candidacy:
1. Ted Cruz
2. Rand Paul
3. Marco Rubio
4. Jeb Bush
5. John Kasich
6. Rick Perry
7. Lindsay Graham
8. Ben Carson
9. Chris Christie
10. Bobby Jindal
Actually, I think this is good. Romney sucked all the air out of the room with his huge bags of money last time and, of course, the virtual certainty from the very start that the GOP-e was going to pick him as the candidate (and make him recipient of even more money). On top of that, many of the more conservative candidates were not only unknowns, they were a little on the flaky side.
We have a whole bunch of good people this time, some better than others, but all with relevant experience, accomplishments, and even - gasp! - ideas. With such a big crowd, I think it will actually be easier to sort out the one who’s the best because there will actually be enough choices not to have to settle for the just anybody.
I think the candidates who can’t cut it will be out very quickly, simply because it’s too expensive to continue without support. But they will have gotten public exposure, and maybe we’ll be able to get some fresh faces in government if the new GOP president draws from this crowd.