Quote:2008 and 2012 presented the GOP with some pretty awful options.  The field is stronger this time around.  Trump is sucking up all the oxygen in the room at the moment, but that will just accelerate his burnout.  I know our lib friends around here disagree, but the quality of the candidates is vastly different between what the democrats are trotting out there and what the republicans are.  If I was a democrat, I'd be embarrassed at the lack of bench the party has.  They're (some here as well) getting excited about the prospects of having a socialist leading their party into 2016. Amazing how far that party has fallen and how quickly. 

 

 While there were some GOP candidates that I liked in the earlier parts of the 2008 and 2012 Presidential races ( Duncan Hunter and Michele Bachmann come to mind ),  the good choices certainly seemed limited by the early part of the Primaries process.   Currently,  I like the depth that the Republicans have in the field.  I'm concerned though that some of the good candidates will cancel each other out and we will end up with yet another establishment /  far less Conservative candidate.  It's an uphill battle when both the media and the Republican establishment work against the candidates that are noticeably more Conservative and genuine.  

 

 I certainly view the Democrat Candidates in the 2016 field very much along the lines that you do.  I just hope that their bench doesn't prove so weak that the Democrat Race is over practically when the Primary season begins.   The longer their race drags on,  the better it is for us.   Not only will dirt fly amongst their candidates but it would lead to a significant portion of their campaign funds being used to win the Democrat Nomination instead of exclusively for the general election.

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