Vivek can't win and can't come across as anything other than a smarmy snake. Martin Shkreli vibes.

Desantis is the Republican Manchurian Candidate.

Chris Christie isn't going to ever gain real traction with the base as the "anti Trump republican."

Pence seems to be made of some kind of wax/wood combination, through and through.

Forget Nikki Haley's policy ideas and stances: she's a woman. Even if she was the best on paper, she would come in 8th place out of the 8 on stage.

Asa Hutchinson. I really don't need to say anything else.

Tim Scott: Similar problem to Nikki Haley, just not because of the woman thing.

And I'll admit I have no idea who the Doug guy was. And neither does anybody else.

So as usual, they're all garbage. The real difference this time is the main guy has 4 arrests, 90+ federal charges, 2 impeachments and a mugshot.