1.   Along with the numbers, Republicans suffer from a lack of qualified candidates for lower office.

2.   And recruiters say they are having little trouble finding qualified candidates, so long as they focus on the best students at the second-tier schools.

3.   Angels general manager Bill Stoneman selected Scioscia from a group of qualified candidates including some with major league managerial experience.

4.   As was demonstrated in the televised vice presidential debate that year, the Democrats had the far more qualified candidate in Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen.

5.   A decision is expected in September, after qualified candidates submit bids.

6.   A number of school systems in other states have already turned to such incentives to attract qualified candidates.

7.   A majority of qualified candidates from both parties have confirmed they will participate.

8.   Alternatively, employers name how much they will offer to draw in qualified candidates.

9.   Business schools are flush with money after the long bull market, and openings outnumber qualified candidates at many of them.

10.   But if we can deal with the truth for one second, absolutely no qualified candidate from the outside even came close to surfacing.