In one of those nostalgic, where-are-they-now? columns, Dave Weigel looks at the 2012 crop of GOP presidential candidates, ranking them in ascending order according to the self-benefits of their descents. My two favorites:
4. Jon Huntsman. The press loves Republicans who Speak Truth to Power (i.e., tell Republicans that they should take positions that appeal more to the press), so the utter failure of Huntsman's campaign did not stop him becoming a reasonably well-cited centrist pundit and No Labels ... leader? Is that the word?
3. Herman Cain. By quitting the race as a sex scandal brought him down, by not fighting on, Cain retained most of the fandom he'd won in his primary debates. His "CainTV" empire isn't impressing anybody, but his radio show is, in the words of still-consigliere Mark Block, "kicking ass."
Weigel ranks Rick Santorum as #1, who will soon be matched against the list's #8, Rick Perry, in another contest to see who will lose to the next Democratic nominee.
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