> why didn't the Dems come up with such a candidate? For one thing, the GOP have had a successful campaign over the last 50+ years to win the framing war. They

> why didn't the Dems come up with such a candidate? For one thing, the GOP have had a successful campaign over the last 50+ years to win the framing war. They're now able to present themselves as the plucky outsider who'll come in and fix things, even when they're not. Likewise, the Dems are *not* able to do this, even when they are. Also the Dems are incompetent boobs.