Conservatives do have one thing to be thankful for: The fact is that Hillary Clinton learned so many lessons from her surprising 2008 defeat that she’s repeating each of them all over again. Once more she is running as the overconfident, inevitable nominee with safe speeches filled with mush and a bloated campaign staff that already is leaking against each other in the press.
Which is probably why so many Republicans, fresh off of their 2014 election triumphs, are excited. They have a chance. It is also why so many prospective GOP candidates—18 or 20 by some estimates—are considering a run. Indeed, the GOP field looks to be so crowded that its first debate may have to be held on an aircraft carrier. The USS Ronald Reagan is available.
Almost all of the oft-mentioned candidates are people of quality and worth, with impressive resumes and realistic shots at the nomination, if circumstance fall a certain way. (This is the point at which your conflict-of-interest plagued columnist should concede that I’ve worked with some of the potential candidates, even worked for some of their enemies and in one instance worked for one of their brothers in the White House.)
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