Yes the Republican field for 2012 looks horrible, but wait…

it didn't look very good in 1980 either. There was that actor from California written off as an old joke by the experts, and bunch of other wanna-be presidents. The candidate to watch, according to Republicans in the know, was supposed to be former Texas Governor John Connolly. When he floundered, all the excitement turned to George H.W. Bush as the anti-Reagan candidate. (Yawn) Reagan was supposed to be someone incapable of winning the presidency – too old, too extreme, not serious enough, ...