Why did Republicans think running Bob Dole was a good idea?
Something about nominating a sitting congressional leader with less charisma than a tuna can strikes me as a peculiarly disastrous choice, especially off a historic midterm victory for your party and presumably with high expectations for the next election. When Powell said he was out it's like the Republicans just gave up, because none of the Republicans who ran that year would have beaten Clinton and they settled on the lousiest choice (well, lousiest after Buchanan).
