What remains is a solid, stolid, gaffe-prone challenger for whom conservatism is a second language versus an incumbent with a record he cannot run on and signature policies — Obamacare, the stimulus, cap-and-trade — he dare hardly mention.
A quite dispiriting spectacle. And more than a bit confusing. Why, just this week the estimable Jeb Bush averred that the Republican Party had become so rigidly right-wing that today it couldn't even nominate Ronald Reagan.
Huh? It just nominated Mitt Romney who lives a good 14 nautical miles to the left of Ronald Reagan.
Goodness. Four more months of this campaign and we will all be unhinged.
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Did Krauthammer recycle this ridiculous piece from a prior election cycle? The political media says the same thing every time. It is ludicrous. They would make the same argument no matter who was running.
Of course Charles Krauthammer is dissatisfied with the candidates in this election. That's because Ronald Reagan isn't running.
The best candidate for the Republican party and, especially, for the country -- Jon Huntsman, Jr. -- wasn't enough of a far right extremist to appeal to the Republican base. Sad.