GOP chaos

[cutter]

The only chaos my friend, is that which occurs in that head of yours. You're trying to predict an election two years from now.

The dems are scared shitless. thats why they and their media buddies are trying to destroy every prominent republican.

the dem idiots are going to be forced to run the old bitch hillary and they know that she can't win. I actually find it funny watching them scramble.

So neither of you is willing to answer the question.

To be fair, I don't blame you. I wouldn't vote for any of them either.

It's funny. Someone that can't see a Republican "Qualified" to be President but voted for obama twice. Care to point out what his qualifications were? Maybe you just hold Republicans to a different standard.

 

[Spoonman]

Democratic Chaos = Obamacare

 

[Disir]

Cataloging the GOP's 2016 Chaos - The Wire

The truth is, we don't know. Presidential predictions this early in the game are pretty worthless (we may be better off just figuring out who was cooler in high school). As Columbia Journalism Review's Brendan Nyhan explains, "matchups [like Hillary vs. Chris Christie] may be fun to speculate about, but the evidence suggests that even national trial heat polls conducted this far in advance of a presidential election are completely uninformative about its outcome." Still, there are enough possible Republican candidates that it's worth cataloging them. Here is a guide to the chaos:

Gov. Chris Christie (New Jersey)
AP

Greatest success: Teaming up with President Obama to provide Hurricane Sandy relief to New Jersey citizens. While some Republicans criticized Christie for looking too close to Obama, Christie's leadership during the disaster caused his approval ratings to soar. (Now, of course, some of those storm relief decisions are being questioned.)

Biggest scandal: This one's obvious — Bridgegate. Christie's possible involvement in the decision to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge as a former of political payback continues to be a huge deal. He spent the governors' meeting avoiding reporters.

Tea Party? No.

Conventional wisdom rating: New York's Jonathan Chait says he's dead in the water. Conservative voters don't trust him anymore.
Gov. Scott Walker (Wisconsin)
AP

Greatest success: He's the first and only U.S. governor to win a gubernatorial recall election (in 2012). Conservatives like how he took on public sector unions.

Biggest scandal: An investigation into whether his campaign staffers and public officials coordinated during his first campaign. Thousands of emails have been released so far, some of which are embarrassing. Walker will have to answer questions about this for awhile, even though he called the case "old news" over the weekend.

Tea Party? Yes, but he isn't afraid to criticize Ted Cruz.

Conventional wisdom rating: Politico's Mike Allen lists him as a top contender, alongside Sen. Rand Paul.
Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas)
AP

Greatest success: Faux-filibustering Obamacare.

Biggest scandal: Cruz is actually on his wife's luxury Goldman Sachs health care plan.

Tea Party? Yes.

Conventional wisdom rating: He continues to be the loudest voice in the room, Politico's Allen says, and that could propel him to victories early in the race.


Sen. Rand Paul (Kentucky)
AP

Greatest success: He actually filibustered John Brennan's CIA nomination last March, which brought him and the U.S.'s drone policy a lot of publicity.

Biggest scandal: He had to fire one of his top aides, Jack Hunter, after it was revealed that Hunter was a neo-Confederate shock jock. Hunter once said on air that John Wilkes Booth's "heart was in the right place" when he assassinated President Lincoln.

Tea Party? Yes.

Conventional wisdom rating: Paul's libertarianism appeals to some key demographics that Republicans need, specifically young people. Paul thinks he's the candidate to reach all minorities. Allen thinks he's a top contender.
Former Gov. Jeb Bush (Florida)
AP

Greatest success: He was a popular two-term governor of a key swing state, and he maintains strong ties to the Latino community in the region.

Biggest scandal: His brother is George W. Bush.

Tea Party? No.

Conventional wisdom rating: Bush is the "savior" of the party, in Allen's view. The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol thinks Bush is the answer to the Christie scandal.
The Middle of the Pack
Portman. AP

These names continue to get thrown out in 2016 discussions, but none of them have had their big, defining moment yet. Gov. John Kasich (Ohio) has waffled on expanding Medicaid in his state, Rep. Paul Ryan (Wisconsin) probably wants to be Speaker of the House instead, Sen. Marco Rubio (Florida) has been shunned because he supports comprehensive immigration reform, and Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio) and Gov. Mike Pence (Indiana) don't have the name recognition.


The Long Shots
Haley. AP

It's unlikely that any of these people will be the nominee, but they'll still get some press.

Names you've heard before: Gov. Rick Perry (Texas), Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (Arkansas), Former Sen. Rick Santorum (Pennsylvania)

Lesser-known contenders that could surprise you: Gov. Nikki Haley (South Carolina), Gov. Brian Sandoval (Nevada)

Pundits think they're running for VP: Gov. Bobby Jindal (Louisiana), Gov. Susana Martinez (New Mexico)

The point isn't just who could win but, the fact is, there's not one who is even partially qualified to be president of the United States.

Without blaming President Obama OR Bush, who would you vote for and why?

I'm not right wing so my answer is zip. Right at this very moment they really don't have anyone to run. The Dems don't have anyone to run outside of Hillary either.

 

[Unkotare]

The governor of Massachusetts yesterday suggested he might run 'someday' and Biden is playing coy the way they all do before finally declaring.

 

[The Rabbi]

The governor of Massachusetts yesterday suggested he might run 'someday' and Biden is playing coy the way they all do before finally declaring.

Damn, did I call it or what?
I said Deval Patrick would be the candidate. Either him or COry Booker. Obama has worked hard to install a chocolate administration. They wont settle for some has been white bitch to succeed him.

 

[Redfish]

So neither of you is willing to answer the question.

To be fair, I don't blame you. I wouldn't vote for any of them either.

I don't know who will be the GOP nominee. But we know that you fools are stuck with the old dried up bitch hilly and her rapist husband.

Whoever the GOP decides on will be the next president. The country is fed up with democrat socialism, corruption, and lies.

Even some of the people who voted for it!

Right, a poll last week showed that 71% of those who voted for obama feel like they made a mistake.

 

[Redfish]

Cataloging the GOP's 2016 Chaos - The Wire

The truth is, we don't know. Presidential predictions this early in the game are pretty worthless (we may be better off just figuring out who was cooler in high school). As Columbia Journalism Review's Brendan Nyhan explains, "matchups [like Hillary vs. Chris Christie] may be fun to speculate about, but the evidence suggests that even national trial heat polls conducted this far in advance of a presidential election are completely uninformative about its outcome." Still, there are enough possible Republican candidates that it's worth cataloging them. Here is a guide to the chaos:

Gov. Chris Christie (New Jersey)
AP

Greatest success: Teaming up with President Obama to provide Hurricane Sandy relief to New Jersey citizens. While some Republicans criticized Christie for looking too close to Obama, Christie's leadership during the disaster caused his approval ratings to soar. (Now, of course, some of those storm relief decisions are being questioned.)

Biggest scandal: This one's obvious — Bridgegate. Christie's possible involvement in the decision to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge as a former of political payback continues to be a huge deal. He spent the governors' meeting avoiding reporters.

Tea Party? No.

Conventional wisdom rating: New York's Jonathan Chait says he's dead in the water. Conservative voters don't trust him anymore.
Gov. Scott Walker (Wisconsin)
AP

Greatest success: He's the first and only U.S. governor to win a gubernatorial recall election (in 2012). Conservatives like how he took on public sector unions.

Biggest scandal: An investigation into whether his campaign staffers and public officials coordinated during his first campaign. Thousands of emails have been released so far, some of which are embarrassing. Walker will have to answer questions about this for awhile, even though he called the case "old news" over the weekend.

Tea Party? Yes, but he isn't afraid to criticize Ted Cruz.

Conventional wisdom rating: Politico's Mike Allen lists him as a top contender, alongside Sen. Rand Paul.
Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas)
AP

Greatest success: Faux-filibustering Obamacare.

Biggest scandal: Cruz is actually on his wife's luxury Goldman Sachs health care plan.

Tea Party? Yes.

Conventional wisdom rating: He continues to be the loudest voice in the room, Politico's Allen says, and that could propel him to victories early in the race.


Sen. Rand Paul (Kentucky)
AP

Greatest success: He actually filibustered John Brennan's CIA nomination last March, which brought him and the U.S.'s drone policy a lot of publicity.

Biggest scandal: He had to fire one of his top aides, Jack Hunter, after it was revealed that Hunter was a neo-Confederate shock jock. Hunter once said on air that John Wilkes Booth's "heart was in the right place" when he assassinated President Lincoln.

Tea Party? Yes.

Conventional wisdom rating: Paul's libertarianism appeals to some key demographics that Republicans need, specifically young people. Paul thinks he's the candidate to reach all minorities. Allen thinks he's a top contender.
Former Gov. Jeb Bush (Florida)
AP

Greatest success: He was a popular two-term governor of a key swing state, and he maintains strong ties to the Latino community in the region.

Biggest scandal: His brother is George W. Bush.

Tea Party? No.

Conventional wisdom rating: Bush is the "savior" of the party, in Allen's view. The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol thinks Bush is the answer to the Christie scandal.
The Middle of the Pack
Portman. AP

These names continue to get thrown out in 2016 discussions, but none of them have had their big, defining moment yet. Gov. John Kasich (Ohio) has waffled on expanding Medicaid in his state, Rep. Paul Ryan (Wisconsin) probably wants to be Speaker of the House instead, Sen. Marco Rubio (Florida) has been shunned because he supports comprehensive immigration reform, and Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio) and Gov. Mike Pence (Indiana) don't have the name recognition.


The Long Shots
Haley. AP

It's unlikely that any of these people will be the nominee, but they'll still get some press.

Names you've heard before: Gov. Rick Perry (Texas), Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (Arkansas), Former Sen. Rick Santorum (Pennsylvania)

Lesser-known contenders that could surprise you: Gov. Nikki Haley (South Carolina), Gov. Brian Sandoval (Nevada)

Pundits think they're running for VP: Gov. Bobby Jindal (Louisiana), Gov. Susana Martinez (New Mexico)

The point isn't just who could win but, the fact is, there's not one who is even partially qualified to be president of the United States.

Without blaming President Obama OR Bush, who would you vote for and why?

i wont vote for anyone in either party.....why vote for the same old shit?......until these 2 parties change and start caring for the Country first.....the hell with them....

If you don't vote, you give up the right to gripe about the result. Your choice.

 

[Unkotare]

The governor of Massachusetts yesterday suggested he might run 'someday' and Biden is playing coy the way they all do before finally declaring.

Damn, did I call it or what?
I said Deval Patrick would be the candidate. Either him or COry Booker. Obama has worked hard to install a chocolate administration. They wont settle for some has been white bitch to succeed him.

I hope Deval runs just for the possibility that he might try to drive a tank, Dukakis-style.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Thanks for the thoughtful and considered answers.


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[Redfish]

Thanks for the thoughtful and considered answers.


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since your OP was a left wing troll, you got what you deserved.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Cataloging the GOP's 2016 Chaos - The Wire



The point isn't just who could win but, the fact is, there's not one who is even partially qualified to be president of the United States.

Without blaming President Obama OR Bush, who would you vote for and why?

i wont vote for anyone in either party.....why vote for the same old shit?......until these 2 parties change and start caring for the Country first.....the hell with them....

If you don't vote, you give up the right to gripe about the result. Your choice.

did i say i dont vote?.....wait let me look.....nope i did not say that....sure you got the right guy?....

 

[Sunshine]

I am good with whomever gets elected as long as they were not raised abroad. We have a two party system and I've been known to vote both sides over the years. What we do NOT need is another foreign raised greenhorn fresh off the boat intending to take us down a button hole or two.

 

[Stephanie]

well now, did you know there was a RULE if you don't vote you GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT to gripe about the results?

I missed that rule in my 60 years of voting

You love have these people goading you over some stupid article from something called, the Wire

believe me, anyone not so left to be dang near commie, the wire isn't your friend or one you should take seriously