Wondering who could be an electable Repub candidate.
Having said that, wondering even more so who could be a Dem candidate.
Unless the Dems do their magic trick of pulling another snake oil candidate out of the hat.
The Dems will run Hilary because she will pull in the women's vote which is the single largest voting bloc of all.
The Republicans have a dilemma on their hands because the TP'ers will see 2014 as a "victory" for their "platform" and absolutely insist on running an extremist at the top of the ticket. So it will be Rand Paul or Ted Cruz or someone of that ilk in my opinion.
I disagree. The GOP clearly learned it's lesson. They were very disciplined. Their primary process will get the right person. A far right winger has never been nominated by the GOP nor will it.
As for Hillary....the minority voters that got Obama into office largely abandoned the Dems when a black man wasn't on the top of the ticket during both mid-terms.
That turnout model was reserved for a charismatic black man, who happened to be Barack Obama. That is gone.
The GOP will likely put a woman on the ticket (Condi Rice?). They will not make the Sarah Palin mistake again (someone who is very charismatic but a lightweight. Think Alison Lundergren Grimes).
2016 should be interesting. I have no idea how it will go...but I will make one prediction. It is by no means going to be an easy road for Dems. Hillary is not charismatic nor is she a very good candidate.
Hoping for the Obama minority turnout for her is a pipe dream.
If that was a lesson learned then they clearly didn't grasp the subject matter in the first place.
The clear victor in this election was Citizens United. The billionaires now own more members of Congress than ever before. The spending was totally out of control and, sad to say, it is probably a mere prelude to 2016.
As far as the crazies go you now have a bunch who can caucus with Ted Cruz in the Senate so he won't have to run across to the House as often.
There are two major hurdles that McConnell is facing in his immediate future. First and foremost are the budget and debt ceiling. If he allows the crazies to shut down the government and jeopardize/wreck the economy there will be serious repercussions in 2016. The second aspect is now that he has crazies in the Senate they will be pressuring him to repeal Obamacare. (Something he promised to do.) If McConnell kowtows to the crazies on that topic he hands the Dems a massive issue to campaign on in 2016.
Once he is past those hurdles he has to deal with Immigration and Tax reform. Without a compromise deal he will face filibusters. If he does compromise his own crazies will be swinging from the chandeliers.
Be careful what you wish for is something that McConnell is about to regret in my opinion. I might be wrong in which case it will be a pleasant surprise but past behavior says otherwise.
