And so the field is thinner.
The Republican party's presidential candidate musical chairs is a painful process to watch. It cannot be the strategy of the Republican party to choose to rotate candidates in and out of the front runner status. Granted, the media has some responsibility as the music box, but it seems as though the candidates are ignorant or possibly do not care about the collateral damage. No one candidate appears to be capable of galvanizing the Republican party thus indicating there is more that is dividing the party than there is uniting the party.
The Republican party is fractured, which is evident in the range of candidates vying for the nomination. These factions are akin to special interest lobbying groups - pushing narrow agendas at the expense of a focused holistic one. By the time a candidate is chosen, the long drawn out war is going to create sour feelings between the factions and managing those feelings is easier said than done. The reason is that the each candidate's supporters likely identify more closely with the candidate than the Republican party.
That is a real issue because the "Defeat President Obama" platform is far too simplistic even factoring in the negative stereotypes of the Republican base. If the Republican party does not figure out its identity, then it is highly probable that President Obama will see a second term because he at least is a singular message. That matters. Agree or disagree, like or dislike, President Obama is a known commodity capable of being grasped onto by the Democratic base.
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