Insipid Political Analysis At The Washington Post

We offer two recent examples of what passes for political analysis by the once great Washington Post Bezos Bugle, discussing the Republican presidential field clown car bus.  Note the dogged determination to ignore the biggest political story of the past 40 years:

Dan "I Got No" Balz:

... On the positive side, they control Congress and enjoy political dominance in the states. Their 17-candidate presidential field, with exceptions, is better than four years ago, stocked with talent and plausible party standard bearers.  (our emphasis)

Amber "Waves of Grain" Phillips (The Monday Fix):

... Democrats are all too happy to let the spotlight stay off the field's extraordinary amount of well-qualified Republican candidates and keep shining on the party's laughingstock.  (our emphasis)

Where to start?  How about just letting the names of some of the "well-qualified" "talent" roll off the tongue:  Jindal... Perry... Rubio... Walker... Christie... Huckabee... Carson... Fiorina... Cruz... Jeb!  There's actually many more than "one laughingstock" there, Amber.

Q. What manner of "political analysis" deems this collection of yahoos, sociopaths, grifters, and theocrats to be talented and well-qualified to be President of the United States?

A. It's the kind of "political analysis" that has allowed the Republican/ New Confederate/ Stupid Party to careen to the extreme right without paying any political price ("On the positive side, they [Republicans] control Congress...").