John always has a very common sense approach, and he is clearly able to defy the media wizards whose narrative is so often proven wrong. The most common point is that the GOP field is weak, because no one has emerged as a clear front runner. Or that Romney in perennially weak because he has been at 25% in the polls for so long. But John is right. The GOP nominee will emerge, be strong, and will give Obama a run for his money.

Is there any better example of how experience in the caucus and primaries can refine the skills to win a party's nomination, more than Mitt Romney. He has refined his message. He has, by far, the best organization. He is more comfortable in 'pressing the flesh' in the retail politics of Iowa and New Hampshire. Heck, he really seems to be enjoying himself out there. The hackneyed story lines about him and his electability should be should be put to rest, immediately.

I was hoping to hear some suggestions as to the alternatives. I'm not sure, but this election season might be a little different. Most of the Republican field this year are truly unelectable on the grand stage. Here are some highlights: Michelle Bachman and her "pray the gay away husband just cannot be taken seriously by most Americans. Rick Santoum and his repeated attempts to connect gay marriage to the pedophile-priest scandals is just one step too far to convince us all. Ron Paul and his hateful racism makes him a dud. And if you believe for a second that he is not profoundly racist and dangerous you have not looked at any of his published rantings. Gingrich and his dozens and dozens of ethics violations while Speaker make him a non-starter. Herman Cain was just not a serious person (a male Sarah Palin), a rouge's gallery of clowns the lot of them. Has-beens, bafoons and old fools, yes, this year's a bit different.

No, the Republican field isn't weak because no one has emerged as a clear front runner. The Republican field is weak because it's populated by whackos. Is there--seriously now--one of them you'd trust to lead this country? Bachmann? Santorum? The guy who was governor of Massachusetts who now says his major achievement in the state is unconstitutional? If I were running the Democratic campaign this year, I'd just run commercial after commercial using the other Republican candidates' views of whomever wins the primaries. The only thing that worries me is that there are Americans who'll vote for one of these utterly unprincipled Republicans.

Sununu compares the primary system to democracy itself, saying "It's better than the alternatives." So, what are those lesser alternatives, not to democracy, but to the primary system? Sununu never says. This article is lazy. Sununu says the primary system does vet candidates. Well, duh. But he discounts the role of the media, indicating that they miss that crucial point. However, it is the media who, as each new candidate has risen in the polls, has investigated each one and held them up to scrutiny, not just this year, but in the past as well. Who else is going to do that? The citizens of Iowa? Hah! Herman Cain would still be in the race, if that were the case. Yes, the media does get over-excited, and goes into overdrive. But they are as important to the process as the actual primaries themselves. I wouldn't dismiss the role of the media, even if sometimes I just want to tune it all out.