Massie rejects the notion that the current crop of GOP presidential hopefuls is uniquely weak:
This ain't a compelling squadron of candidates but it's not, I think, unusually thin since most years the choice is pretty quickly winnowed to two or at most three semi-plausible candidates. That's happened this time too even if, like the Demcrats in 2004 (albeit in more favourable circumstaces for the opposition) few people are much enthused by the choice available.
(Photo: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Rep. Dennis Kucinich, (D-OH) Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), and Rev. Al Sharpton watch Gov. Howard Dean during a Democratic Presidential Debate February 15, 2004 at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
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