Two Things

Here’s ME on courage.

Sean Trende and Jay Cost, who did a nice job debating at Berry tonight, both agreed that Newt is a ridiculous candidate.

I don’t think they had a good response, though, to the pathology of the present presidential race for the Republican nomination: The party has run out of plausible candidates before anyone has even voted.

Their lame answer: It’ll be Romney in the end. His negatives are low.

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