Looking back at the year 2000 Republican primary, was there anyone who could've done a better job than Bush?

Perhaps everyone?



The other Republican primary candidates in 2000:



Lamar Alexander

Gary Bauer

Pat Buchanan

Elizabeth Dole

Steve Forbes

Orrin Hatch

John Kasich

Alan Keyes

John McCain

Dan Quayle

Robert C. Smith



Source: Wikipedia. The entry "Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2000" includes a brief description of the candidates. For example, Robert C. Smith was Senator from New Hampshire.Looking back at the year 2000 Republican primary, was there anyone who could've done a better job than Bush?
I was for John McCain in 2000. I voted dem. for the first time in 2000.
I was hoping for Orrin Hatch to be the nominee. I became far less interested in that race after he dropped out.Looking back at the year 2000 Republican primary, was there anyone who could've done a better job than Bush?
No. He was the best choice.
Robert C. Smith definitelyLooking back at the year 2000 Republican primary, was there anyone who could've done a better job than Bush?
Apparently not, as they would have been elected.
I often wonder why McWar is good enough now, but he wasn't good enough in 2000.....
John McCain could have, you know before he got brainwashed.
No, they all suck, some even worse than Cheney. But they're Repukes, so why should that be a surprise?
Yeah if McCain wasn't considered better than Bush then why would we consider him better now?
There were lots of people that would probably have been better choices. I just know for sure that Al Gore wasn't one of them.
nope, we have been scraping the bottom of the barrel since 1992
I think Pat Buchanan or Orrin Hatch would have been better.

Even Dan Quayle would have been better than Bush--he couldn't spell "weapons of mass destruction."
Anyone? A trained monkey? But of that list, definitely not Bauer, or Buchanan, or Keyes. Those guys are off the deep end.
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Larry, Moe, Curly, Shemp, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Hughey, Dooey, Louie, Dr Demento, anyone dropped on their head in early childhood, Wildman Fischer, ...
I would say of those who were running; McCain, Forbes, and Buchanan. But Newt Gingrich was the best man for the job then, and now.
Pat Buchanan for sure
I don't think so. That's a pretty good list, but I don't think anyone could have handled things any better than Bush.
I would still vote for Mr. Bush!
"Perhaps" ain't worth a bucket of warm spit. Let's get some analysis going on there sonny. Sink your teeth into it and give us some reasons of your own why any of these people would have been better than Bush, backed up by facts.