Who should be the GOP nominee in 2016?

[Antares]

Geeeeezus, I don't even want to think about it yet.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Yeah, Jeb is their best shot. He has a history with Latino voters and doesn't talk to/about them like they're an inconvenience. I don't personally care for the guy, but he is their best shot. Though, maybe it's too soon for another Bush.

Jeb would be an awesome candidate, except that his name is Bush. Successful two term governor, Catholic, married to a Hispanic woman, has worked in a bipartisan way. And a rarer and rarer quality in the GOP, not a crazy person.

The question becomes, will people still blame his brother for stuff in four years? My guess is probably not. If the economy gets better, people will forget how bad it was. If it doesn't, they will be more inclined to blame Obama.

My thoughts on some of the others. How they fare will really depend on how successful the Mad Doctor (The Plutocrats and GOP Establishment) are at getting the Monster (the Tea Party) back into the dungeon of the lab. The problem with the sane candidates is that by most reckonings, McCain and Romney were "sane" safe choices, and they lost. So the GOP might draw the wrong lessons.

The Sane candidates (besides Jeb.)

Mitch Daniels- Solid candidate, has some funky stuff going on with his wife. (She left him for another man, then came back.)

Kasich - might be a dark horse, runs a major state.

Christy - Still liked by the Tea Party, but a pragmatist. The thing that might come back to haunt him was saying "Obama is kind of okay sometimes" after Sandy battered his state. Blasphemy to the Crazy right.

Jindal- Kind of gets it. But honestly, also has a habit of choking.

The Crazy Candidates -

Rick Santorum- Has really upped his rep by coming in as close as he did on nothing. Possibly the go-to guy if the GOP base doubles down on the social issues despite the Establishment's pushback.

Marco Rubio- A sweetheart of the Teabaggers. Personally, lost my vote when he started embracing the "Talking Snake" theory of Science.

Paul Ryan- Another Teabagger pinup boy. Being part of the Fail that was the 2012 ticket hasn't really tarnished him. Romney seems to be enjoying that Fail Sandwich all by himself.

Rand Paul- Frankly, the "Gummit Bad" tumor is getting more malignant in the GOP, and he could be the guy to ride that one out.

Sarah Palin- Naw, just kidding. Never took her seriously.

The jury’s still out as to Jeb and his relationship with the social right, his role in the Terri Schiavo fiasco a black mark on his record as governor, where he got caught up in that contrived controversy by the rabid anti-abortion crowd:

Governor Bush held a hastily convened news conference Thursday afternoon to announce the affidavit, and he suggested that state officials might seek to gain legal custody of Ms. Schiavo. Later, state lawyers appeared before Judge George W. Greer of Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court, who ordered Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube removed last week, and asked for the second time in a month to intervene in the case. Ms. Schiavo's parents were seeking an appeal with the Supreme Court, which previously had declined to become involved in the case.

The New York Times > National > Courts Say No; Governor Bush in Schiavo Bid

As we all recall from Ms. Schiavo’s autopsy results, her brain had atrophied to that of the size of a grapefruit.

Is Jeb still of a mind to ignore facts of medical science, the rule of law, and force the state into the private lives of citizens for personal political gain, interfering in matters best left for families to decide?

 

[Wry Catcher]

Nominate, not nominated... caffine hasn't kicked in yet.

Personally, I think Jeb is probably the best the GOP has got, and that's kind of a sad commentary in and of itself.

Sarah...Sarah...Sahra Tip Backward with Sarah.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Yeah, let's run another neocon named Bush!...That worked out so well the previous two times!

Well... their dad won and George won 2x... But I understand your pointy, it's a dynasty and is the reason Clinton will never win.

How'd the country make out under those two "winners"?

Is the Country winning now or the past 6 years? You call constant avg. unemployment above 8 percent and rising number of food stamp families "winning"?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

The jury’s still out as to Jeb and his relationship with the social right, his role in the Terri Schiavo fiasco a black mark on his record as governor, where he got caught up in that contrived controversy by the rabid anti-abortion crowd:

He left office with a 65% approval rating.

Bush on Romney: `Nation at Stake' - Bloomberg

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Who should be the GOP nominee in 2016?

Kind of early to be asking this question, isn't it?

 

[Oddball]

Well... their dad won and George won 2x... But I understand your pointy, it's a dynasty and is the reason Clinton will never win.

How'd the country make out under those two "winners"?

Is the Country winning now or the past 6 years? You call constant avg. unemployment above 8 percent and rising number of food stamp families "winning"?

At least we have (relatively) honest socialists running the show, rather than chumps who campaign like libertarians then govern like the socialists they claim to oppose.

If limp dick neocons like Romney and Jeb Bush are the best that the GOP can manage to dredge up, fuck 'em.

 

[007]

Nominate, not nominated... caffine hasn't kicked in yet.

Personally, I think Jeb is probably the best the GOP has got, and that's kind of a sad commentary in and of itself.

The best candidate we have you left off the list.

Allen West.

 

[FJO]

With the woefully empty bench of the Democrats, it would be more relevant to ask who the Democrat sacrificial lamb will be in 2016, after a bruising primary and after the inevitable failure of Obama.

 

[Sarah G]

With the woefully empty bench of the Democrats, it would be more relevant to ask who the Democrat sacrificial lamb will be in 2016, after a bruising primary and after the inevitable failure of Obama.

I'm surprised you all can only drum up one vote for Christie. The rest of yours are either too stupid or batshit crazy.

 

[Toro]

I keep hearing Jeb won't run.

 

[kiwiman127]

In November's election I wrote in Jon Huntsman for prez. That's who I think should be the GOP nominee.

 

[JoeB131]

The jury’s still out as to Jeb and his relationship with the social right, his role in the Terri Schiavo fiasco a black mark on his record as governor, where he got caught up in that contrived controversy by the rabid anti-abortion crowd:

Governor Bush held a hastily convened news conference Thursday afternoon to announce the affidavit, and he suggested that state officials might seek to gain legal custody of Ms. Schiavo. Later, state lawyers appeared before Judge George W. Greer of Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court, who ordered Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube removed last week, and asked for the second time in a month to intervene in the case. Ms. Schiavo's parents were seeking an appeal with the Supreme Court, which previously had declined to become involved in the case.

The New York Times > National > Courts Say No; Governor Bush in Schiavo Bid

As we all recall from Ms. Schiavo’s autopsy results, her brain had atrophied to that of the size of a grapefruit.

Is Jeb still of a mind to ignore facts of medical science, the rule of law, and force the state into the private lives of citizens for personal political gain, interfering in matters best left for families to decide?

I don't fault Bush for the Schiavo thing, because Michael Schiavo was such a douchebag to start with. When her family isn't ready to let go yet, then just sign away your rights and let them deal with it. The guy kept her alive to squeeze a bunch of money out of her doctors, then pissed it all away trying to get the plug pulled.

 

[JoeB131]

I keep hearing Jeb won't run.

Um. Yeah. Weren't you the one who told us that Rubio had the Veep Pick in the bag?

 

[JoeB131]

Nominate, not nominated... caffine hasn't kicked in yet.

Personally, I think Jeb is probably the best the GOP has got, and that's kind of a sad commentary in and of itself.

The best candidate we have you left off the list.

Allen West.

Yeah, well, frankly, great way to lose 50 states.. nominate the crazy person.

 

[JoeB131]

Who should be the GOP nominee in 2016?

Kind of early to be asking this question, isn't it?

It's Sunday, I'm bored.

 

[JoeB131]

With the woefully empty bench of the Democrats, it would be more relevant to ask who the Democrat sacrificial lamb will be in 2016, after a bruising primary and after the inevitable failure of Obama.

Actually, if the GOP doesn't fix its problems with working folks, minorities and women, they Dems could nominate a circus geek and still win.

But I'll do another thread later on who the Democrat should run.

 

[JWBooth]

Nominate, not nominated... caffine hasn't kicked in yet.

I was going to ask if you let TM create your poll.......

 

[JWBooth]

Reading the list, checking it twice....

I get no warm fuzzies at all.

 

[DiamondDave]

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