Just want to point out that this is pretty much WAI: a candidate who sounded promising but wasn't getting funding got airtime, turned out not so great, and fail

Just want to point out that this is pretty much WAI: a candidate who sounded promising but wasn't getting funding got airtime, turned out not so great, and failed. Saying a person should be in the race shouldn't mean that you definitely think they should win it, especially in a FPTP system.