nomination and almost every modern republican primary was either a vice president, a son of a form he president, or the guy who came in second in the previous republican primary who decided to take another shot at getting the nomination. this guy we have two of the three in the running. we don't have a republican running. and we have jeb bush and the guy who came in last time rick santorum. so there is an embarrassment of riches on who is running on the republican side. even if you look at the small sample of the roster of candidates they are running, on paper, this is kind of as good as it gets in terms of a political field. but here's the thing. basically, none of those candidates that i just mentioned will be allowed to compete for the republican presidential nomination. most if not all of those candidates that i just described, most if not all of