As Chris Christie joins the list of Republican presidential candidates, it seems fitting to renew what I have wrote previously about this growing list. Lock all of these potential candidates in a room, without their assistants, without their policy spoon-feeders, and do not allow them to leave the room until they have reached a compromise regarding who is going to be the Republican party's candidate in the 2016 election. Now, instead of just me thinking this, it seems that Bill O'Reilly is seeing the same type of issue. The Democratic presidential candidates are not stepping upon each other or trying to tout credentials by pointing out gaps in another candidate.
As O'Reilly points out in this article, the Democrats are united. One simple example is that Jeb Bush has released 33 years of tax returns to show that he's transparent. While it draws a contrast with Hillary Clinton, any other Republican candidate that doesn't release 33 years of tax returns is going to give the appearance of hiding something. Another example is Dr. Ben Carson is telling anyone who will listen that he is not a politician, which implies that he is the choice for voters who are tired of politicians. One final example is that from what I understand, if you are running for president, you have to have a lot of money. Each candidate that has announced their intention to be the next president is trying to tap the same voter base. How does one choose now who will be the actual candidate at least 18 months prior to the election? In the past, candidates who have been christened "the likely candidate" have ended up not being the actual candidate. What all this does is waste money on candidates that will not actually be in the election.
And that brings me back to the appearance of being united. I'm going on record today, July 1, 2015, that unless the Republican candidates unite, the 2016 presidential campaign will be a joke.
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