Texas Gov. Rick Perry once famously described the 2012 Republican presidential field as the “weakest . . . in history.” Republicans expect better things in 2016, but today there are as many question marks as exclamation points behind the names of their prospective candidates. …
The Republican nomination contest is unsettled and unpredictable. One big reason is that the prospective candidates have done little in the past 18 months to establish themselves as capable of uniting their fractious coalition and winning a national election. Some obviously have regressed. CONT.
Dan Balz, Washington Post