◼ In sharp contrast to the weak, baggage-heavy field of presidential wannabes in 2012, this crop of candidates is largely made up of politically tested governors, or former governors, who've run their state governments, wrestled with legislatures, pushed through agendas, and balanced budgets. As many as half a dozen of them, at last count. - Townhall
In short, they are in sharp contrast to the inexperienced occupant of the White House who had never run anything, not even a lemonade stand -- the result of which is a failed chief executive who has presided over a weak, lackluster, underperforming economy for the past six years.
Barack Obama has lots of other failures, one of which is not knowing how to run a government. Indeed, it is hard to recall a previous president who has had so many political and departmental management scandals.
The Internal Revenue Service's politically-driven drive to undermine conservative educational groups; the deadly coverup in the Veterans Administration where ill veterans couldn't get the medical care they desperately needed; the State Department's shocking failure to respond to the cry for help from the U.S. ambassador in Benghazi, Libya; the management breakdown at the Department of Homeland Security.
It's a little too early to figure out who is leading in the GOP's 2016 sweepstakes. No doubt, that's going to be a bit clearer after the Nov. 4 midterm elections.
