* You raise an interesting question: are *any* of the alternatives to Don T. especially classy/cosmopolitan? Hillary though a valedictorian at a Seven Sisters college and potential meritocratic success story till moving to Arkansas, is a frumpy anti-charismatic girl-nobody-likes-at-the-party. Jeb despite otherwise being a shoo-in for overclass president is named “Jeb.” Christie is a boorish fat guy; Carson is all Jesusy n’ stuff. Biden I find somehow lacking in sophisticated literary eclat. Kasich is obviously mental; Cruz resembles Uriah Heep crossed with Yosemite Sam. Walker is a hick who may not be too bright.
The closest to the elite executive ideal is Fiorina but she’s had health problems and inexplicably continues to make a big deal out of Planned Parenthood’s recycling division.
* Steve Sailer: Cruz might be a high IQ Nixon-type with an unlikable personality.
I like Walker, personally, but Harry Truman is all the upside I can imagine for him if everything breaks right.
