Uncle Kalwejt presents: Nominees who faced weak opponents in primaries

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2012 GOP seems like a perfect description of this:

Romney: full of problems and issues, most have reservations, ready to sell his mother to win but is most electable; so wins.

Bachmann: insane nutjob who needs real mental help, married to closeted self-hating homo; makes Palin look sane and intelligent
Cain: crazy black man who speaks like a gangster, has no actual experience, is kind of crackpot
Gingrich: angry old white male who cheats on his cancer-stricken spouse, seems perpetually angry, acts like some smart ass when he's actually quite clueless
Huntsman: Intelligent guy, but out of whack with the party's ideology and served as ambassador under an incumbent president whom half the party wants to burn at the stake
Paul: kind of senile old man with crazy ideas, despised by half the party, cultish following but no chance to win
Perry: total moron who makes Dubya look like a Rhodes scholar; is overall a retarded hick/redneck hillbilly
Santorum: former senator who lost in a landslide, running a campaign originally seemingly focused entirely on hating gays