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I said during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primary campaign that the GOP field was deep and full of highly qualified individuals.<\/p>\n

My favorite in the field of 17 became then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a man of considerable legislative accomplishment during his years in Congress, particularly as chairman of the House Budget Committee when he worked with Speaker Newt Gingrich and President Clinton to produce a balanced federal budget.<\/p>\n

He didn’t make the grade, of course. GOP voters settled on the carnival barker\/reality TV celebrity\/phony self-made real estate mogul Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

The GOP winner is now running for re-election as president of the United States.<\/p>\n

He faces an even larger field of Democratic challengers, not to mention at least one challenger from within his own Republican Party.<\/p>\n

The big Democratic primary field is full of talent, too.<\/p>\n

I am officially undecided on who I prefer to see nominated to run against the “stable genius” who masquerades as POTUS.<\/p>\n

None of the heretofore unknowns has yet to bust through the glass, surprising the nation with his or her political strength. Yes, we have a former vice president in the field; he is holding on to a large lead among the candidates seeking to run against Trump.<\/p>\n

We also have a 2016 primary also-ran in the Democratic field.<\/p>\n

There’s the small-town mayor, a few U.S. senators, a couple of governors, some (current and former) House members and a smattering of candidates who, to be candid, I don’t know what they do during the day.<\/p>\n

But . . . they all have assorted skills and experience that I am quite sure commend them for the toughest job in the world.<\/p>\n

I won’t go so far out on that ol’ limb to suggest that any<\/em> of dozens of Democrats would be preferable to the incumbent.<\/p>\n

However, a lot of them fit the bill. I want to hear more from them this time, just as I wanted to hear more from the GOP field in 2016.<\/p>\n

My hope is that the consequence of this large field of Democrats only shortens the odds of a quality challenger emerging to defeat Donald Trump a year from November and send him out of the White House as quickly as humanly possible.<\/p>\n

Please, let there be no repeat of the hideous mistake that Republican Party primary voters made when they nominated the huckster in chief.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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