The last time around — in 2011 and 2012 — I followed developments minutely, profiling most of the candidates and hoping against hope that someone would emerge on the Republican side who was more impressive than the godfather of Obamacare. But it did not happen. In the world of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, and Mitt Romney was the one-eyed man. The Republican bench was bare. We had has-beens (Gingrich, Santorum) and never-could-have-beens … and so, late in the game, I reluctantly, then a bit too enthusiastically, embraced Romney.
This time, the Republican Party has such a plethora of talent that there are three serious possibilities who did not make the cut for the late-evening debate. Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal, and Carly Fiorina are all superior to the best of the candidates that we had last time.
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Agreed Paul. I do hope Jindal or Fiorina jump in the polls.
I agree also. Â I would guess Fiorina and Perry make the jump, just don’t see Jindal getting traction.
Uh, Rick Perry was a candidate last time
Can you prove that?
I still think they should have done some rotation between breaks rather than having two separate debates.