30+ Candidates? Do We Need a Playoff System or Something?

Reaganite Republican ^ | 20 June 2015 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

Rather than one or two conservatives to rally-round in opposition to the party establishment, we get over 30 characters up there... can the voters can even keep their names straight? 

All I know is an overcrowded Gee-oh-Pee field is NOT a good thing for the American constitutionalist conservative movement... not at all.

So we really do need to thin out the herd as quickly as possible...
perhaps a early-round paintball war would do the trick?

In the name of clarity, please pick your own bracket, based on political desirability, qualification for the job-- and ability to win in November 2016:

Dr. Ben Carson
Skip Andrews
___________________   Carson

Michael Bickelmeyer                        _______ Carson
Rick Snyder
___________________   Snyder


Kerry Bowers                                                                   _______ Carson
Jeb Bush
___________________   Bowers

Dale Christensen                                _______ Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
___________________   Fiorina



Chris Christie                      
Ted Cruz (top seed)
___________________   Cruz

Bobby Jindal                                        _______ Cruz
Lindsey Graham
___________________   Jindal


Mike Huckabee                                                                    _______ Cruz
John Dummett, Jr.
___________________   Huckster

Brooks Cullison                                     _______ Kasich
John Kasich
___________________   Kasich



Donald Trump
Bob Ehrlich
___________________   Trump

Mark Everson
Scott Walker                                        _______ Walker
___________________   Walker


Rand Paul                                                                                _______ Walker
Jim Hayden
___________________   Paul

Jim Gilmore                                              _______ Paul
George Pataki
___________________   Pataki



Peter King
Michael Petyo
___________________   Petyo

Chris Hill                                                   _______ Perry
Rick Perry
___________________   Perry


Brian Russell                                                                               _______ Rubio
Marco Rubio
___________________   Rubio

Michael Kinlaw                                          _______ Rubio
Rick Santorum
___________________   Santorum


Sorry if my lack of knowledge has me discounting a good up-and-comer, but the first round is basically decided on name recognition... except for Jeb, because I can't stand him.

A complete unknown -i.e. Bill Clinton in '92- probably won't work this time, imho- for all her faults, Hillary isn't as weak a candidate as
(incumbent) Bush-41 was, she's got a base that won't quit.

Finals:

Carson vs Cruz = CRUZ
Walker vs Rubio= WALKER

Me, I'll take Ted Cruz, a far better communicator than Scott Walker, and we need that to sell the conservative message to a tired, misinformed, & confused electorate... but either one is a 1000% improvement over the rancid Obama regime.

Now how do we get some of these other varmints to skidaddle...

[RockyTx]

better idea.

a Premier League, and a Lower Division.

every round, worst debater in top.division moves down
best debater in lower division moves to the top division

[iowamark]

Several of the people on that list have stated that they are not running.

[Reaganite Republican]

That’s an interesting take... seems obvious, perhaps

[T Ruth]

Walker.

[Macoozie]

Natural Born Citizen and, elected to an executive position in the past 6-10 years, should eliminate most of the crazies.
Other than that, trim the length of the mess.
We don;t want to destroy our candidates with petty infighting.

[Jim Noble]

Do We Need a Playoff System or Something?

What do you mean by "we"?

The system for placing names before the Electoral College has degenerated into a reality show owned and operated by open, professed enemies of our culture, our people, and our constitution. What WE need is an end to polls, and end to debates, an end to the ritualized "announcing", "running", etc, etc. will the associated "rules" regarding ballot access, financing, and the other epiphenomena imposed by our rulers to assure that no enemy of theirs ever emerges.

[Vince Ferrer]

The debate system is lousy anyway, so having thirty candidates at least prevents a lot of debates.

[parksstp]

Ted Cruz IS a Natural Born Citizen

Marco Rubio IS a Natural Born Citizen

Bobby Jindal IS a Natural Born Citizen

These are all crazies?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well the top ten will be in the TV debates so that will set the field.

[CPT Clay]

Brian Russell? Skip Andrews? Bickelmeyer? Kerry Bowers? Dale Christiansen? Dummett? Cullison? Everson? ETC... Who are these people?

[ViLaLuz]

Not playoff, payoff.

[Macoozie]

Sorry, not that clean cut.
All three have issues about NBC

Cruz born in Canada, Rubio and Jindal parents not citizens at time of birth. This needs to be addressed.

We can’t just wing it anymore.
Unless, you hold that NBC simply = “citizenship”?