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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