Pence’s ill-starred presidential run

On paper, has there ever been a more qualified candidate for president than Mike Pence? Twelve years in the House of Representatives, four as governor of Indiana and four as vice president of the United States. No president in at least the last 30 years has come to office with that kind of résumé.

And yet Pence, who this week formally becomes a candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination, is in a …