Sorry fella, I was thinking of Buckley and Rusher and the other conservatives who changed the Republican party without being politicians themselves. That was all. And I can’t recall anyone else making this argument you say everyone has been making. Can you point to an example?
All the talking heads on TV and many of them in print have been making this argument. Most recently perhaps was Laura and Ann on the BOR show. Surely you didn’t miss that clip?
Again, no other successful and popular former governor (or former VP candidate) has been pitched as more valuable outside the political arena. Or unable to tear themselves away from making money for a run. Or having too good a life at home to want to run. Or any of that.