I saw a link to an article about predicting the G.O.P. nominee and the logline said, "Remember what Reagan, Dole and McCain had in common." I instantly thought, "Each of those guys was the oldest candidate running that year." Then I read the piece by Shankar Vedantam, expecting to see him claim it would be Ron Paul…but no. He says it'll be Romney because Republicans like to nominate the guy who was runner-up the last time out. I also think it'll be Romney but not for that reason.