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I just wanted to point out what I meant by it being a remarkable year in terms of quality candidates, especially for the last 40 years. I'll just give my personal estimation of how many (out of 2) quality candidates there have been in elections since WW2. Obviously this is broad brush, top of the head & highly personal.
1948: 2
1952 & 56: 2 (this could be a 1, not sure if Stevenson was still up to it)
1960: 1
1964: 1 (Goldwater would be the 2nd if not for his vote on civil rights)
1968: 0
1972: 0
1976: 0
1980: 1
1984: 0 (Reagan was literally losing it by '84)
1988: 0
1992: 0 (I don't think Bush or Clinton were bad Presidents as such, just not very good)
1996: 0 (Bob Dole would have been a great candidate in 88, past it by 96)
2000: 1
2004: 0
2008: 2
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