THIS^^ I love Jeb Bush - heck even my liberal step-mother loves Jeb Bush but she lives in Florida. I like the guy because he is more of a moderate. The biggest problem with Jeb is his last name, as many on the left will only see his last name and will ignore everything else about him.
That's my problem, too. I don't have any doubt that he'll share the same terrible politics as his kin. We don't need another 4 years of Bush. What they need in the Presidency is a libertarian to right the bureaucracy. I'm doubtful anything would get done in Congress, but the Executive branch would get an internal clean up, the bureaucracy would be put in check, and our foreign policy would have a massive improvement, none of which would be attained with a Jeb Bush, or Ted Cruz kind of guy in office.
Putting anyone on this list on the ballot will produce nothing but republican tears. But I say go for it, because I fap to republican tears and democratic tears too:grin:
Doesn't matter how the left views him. The right and independent is where it matters. I think Jeb should stay out of it.
The thing about Cruz is that he really is an *******. You can be very smart, which he is, and a good populist speaker, which he is, and still be an ******* and crazy as a loon. Cruz is both, in my humble opinion.
Christie. Has an independent streak and doesn't strike me as enough of a panderer to win the nomination. But running for president changes people. Bobby Jindal. Not a chance. If he runs, will be an early casualty. Rick Perry. Not a chance. He made too big a fool of himself last time and doesn't have either intellect or discipline to carry him through the long nominating process. Marco Rubio. I just don't see it. He's a photogenic lightweight being propped up because he's thought to be the Hispanic antidote to the 71% to 27% debacle of 2012. Time will tell. He's a serious contender but is destined not to win. A V.P. nod might be his consolation prize. Ted Cruz. I'll withhold judgement for now but doubt he's ready for prime time. Lobbing grenades is easy now, but what will happen to him under the hot spotlight? Remember Rick Perry. Can't see Republicans nominating such a divisive figure unless Dems are in total freefall and the GOP is overconfident. If Dems nominate a strong Hillary, a guy like Ted Cruz would lose in a huge landslide. Jeb Bush. Could be a very good candidate if he can overcome his last name. Party insiders might turn to him if none of the other candidates are legit. Rand Paul. Don't know yet. He's campaigning even harder than Rubio. Paul Ryan. LOL! Another Current GOP Governor. If not Christie, decent chance the nominee is another governor who is organizing now but hasn't started running hard yet.
When I hear Ron Paul speak, even if I don't agree with him, I really do feel like he is passionate and saying what he believes. When rand speaks, I hear someone who is saying what he is told to say.
Christie just got lap-ban surgery so we know he going to make run -- it will literally be the first time in his life he's ever run so it will be interesting. I think he's the only one in that group I could tolerate.
Agree. The only chance he'd have would be a massive crossover vote in the primaries from Democrats and liberal independents, and that's highly unlikely, especially if Hillary runs, which I expect her to do.
That only works with Congressmen, who get almost no national or even state publicity and draw every penny from the party pool. Christie's a solid Republican who's won in a diverse, liberal, densely populated state; he's also Catholic and can probably draw on that to backtrack on any liberal social stances he's ever taken.
I dunno. There is A LOT of simmering resentment towards Christie from the party electorate. I personally would rather see another Democrat than Christie in office. He really blew it last November. At the very least, he's set himself up to be the next Mccain. The moderate guy who the base can't stand.
