Should Republicans Fret Over Their Presidential Field?
By NATE SILVER
“Republican insiders, reports the Washington Post’s plugged-in Jennifer Rubin, are worried about the quality of their slate of presidential candidates for 2012. Indeed, it has become the conventional wisdom to assert that the Republican field is a fairly weak one. (I’ve also made some off-handed remarks to this effect.)
But is there any evidence for this? Or is it just the sort of thing that partisans always tend to complain about at this point in the political cycle?”
Some very interesting analysis here: