Just how bad is it for Republicans? Multiple choice: A) 76% of Republicans are dissatisfied with their choices for President, says Zogby. B) Only 40% of Republicans are satisfied with their choices, says CBS News. Or C) Just 52% of Republicans are satisfied, says Newsweek.
Answer: None of the above. Those are trick answers. Those polls were done in 2007 and 2008, the last time political journalists seized on the theme that the current slate of Republican candidates are historically disappointing.
Scherer goes on to say in "Don't Believe the Hype: The GOP Primary Field is not Disappointing":
In fact, it seems unlikely that the sort of malaise that John McCain struggled with in 2008 will be repeated in 2012.
To which I reply: By November, 2012, the Republicans may be pining for John McCain.
Remember, last time McCain started out as the front-runner and was replaced by Rudy Giuliani, then Mike Huckabee, and then Fred Thompson (with Mitt Romney and Ron Paul lingering in the background). Only then did the establishment hold its nose and nominate McCain.
This time around, the GOP has no McCain to fall back on -- only Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty to offer (with Huckabee and Paul -- again -- lingering in the background). Yikes!
McCain made the worst showing of any Republican presidential candidate since Barry Goldwater in 1964. Don't be too surprised if 2012 is even worse.
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