But Roy, the thing is, none of the current Republican candidates is a "generic Republican". They're all a bunch of fools.

You really think the people are going to elect another candidate from Texas? This guy seems no better than the Bushes.

You may think that people have high opinions of the GOP, but since January, the blame against Mr. Obama on the news message boards has quickly been replaced by blame against the GOP. I've seen it myself. The insults against him have all but stopped, and the Tea Party fan clubs seem to have disbanded. People don't jump to blame Obama whenever there's a crisis anymore. They blame the GOP.

If you don't believe me, click on any news story about the debt crisis, and read the comments.