qualified candidates for high office...just jaw dropping...and I ask myself "Why" do they do this?...my thoughts turn to an opinion piece that stated they don't care, since the Republican Party is a front for big business who want to be sure that they can operate unencumbered, by their own rules...i.e. a "Plutocracy"...and they'll call the shots out of sight of the public...in fact, the less capable they are (candidates) the more controllable they are.
btw, just found a similar article...there are others...just Google "The GOP is a front for a plutocracy"...
Dems on the other hand keep promoting people who have strong opinions on policy and make things happen (e.g. FDR's New Deal...Kennedy's Space Race...Johnson's Civil Rights...on up to Obama's ACA)