“Ronnie would be thrilled," Nancy Reagan told my e-mail in-box recently, announcing that the first GOP debate of the presidential election cycle will be held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, in partnership with NBC News and Politico.

Debate? Presidential election cycle? Didn't we just finish the mid-terms the other day.

Well, yes. And so the presidential campaign begins.

“I look forward to welcoming and watching the top candidates debate the issues next spring,” Ms. Reagan told my in-box. So do we all. The question: