Via Driftglass, David Brooks, as is his wont every couple of years, gives the game away: JUDY WOODRUFF: But [Chris Christie is] clearly somebody everybody is looking at for 2016 already, right? DAVID BROOKS: Right, and in part because this coming presidential -- the last Republican primary process which we were stuck with was miserable. It was horrible. There were no debates. It was Looney Tunes. And this one is actually a big debate. MARK SHIELDS: You didnt say that at the time. DAVID BROOKS: I didnt -- I felt it. I felt it in my heart. (LAUGHTER) DAVID BROOKS: Some -- you remember those debates? They were Looney Tunes. (LAUGHTER) DAVID BROOKS: The -- but now you have got like a real argument between at least two very substantive people. You have got Christie on one side. You have got probably Rand Paul or Ted Cruz on the other. And so we will figure out where the party is going to stand on a whole bunch of issues. And so this is going to be a great campaign. I particularly love the laughter part. Theyre all in on it, of course, and their contempt for the intelligence of the rest of us is simply boundless.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 21:06:59 +0000
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