Posted on 10/20/2014 9:48:16 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Even though this poll isn't predictive, it is telling. Two of the top three candidates -- Bush and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee -- are, at best, 50-50 shots at running. (Bush is entirely unreadable; Huckabee seems smart enough to understand that he had his presidential moment in 2008.) The only other person pulling double digits is Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a status due, at least in part, to voters' familiarity with his last name because of his father's two presidential bids in 2008 and 2012.
Even though this poll isn't predictive, it is telling. Two of the top three candidates -- Bush and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee -- are, at best, 50-50 shots at running. (Bush is entirely unreadable; Huckabee seems smart enough to understand that he had his presidential moment in 2008.) The only other person pulling double digits is Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a status due, at least in part, to voters' familiarity with his last name because of his father's two presidential bids in 2008 and 2012.
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Thw Washington Post attempts to annoint the Graceful Loser they so desire in 2016
That's no way to refer to Chris Christie......
Exactly right - so what about those who would not vote for Romney.
Mike Pence. Governor of Indiana. Previously a Congressman from Indiana.
Great, 13 names and only one Conservative I will vote for - Ted Cruz. If Allen West’s name was on the list, I would vote for him too.
No one else possesses the stones necessary to fix all of obungholes messes, foreign and domestic.
The DC Compost has officially given us our choices? The real problem is that the country-clubbers will use that same list.
Porkus Crispy
Cruz is the only potential candidate I’ve heard who articulately and assertively addresses issues by the right or wrong in them, no equivocation or qualification.
This guy Cillizza is an empty-headed agitator, nothing more. He should be ignored.
We must coalesce around the ONE likely CONSERVATIVE nominee early, and let the RINOs split THEIR votes.
I recommend Cruz because he’s straight conservative on all issues of which I’m aware, and sells conservatism well.
It would be best to find the candidate who is straight conservative, because all conservatives can rally to him (or her) early because he holds their single-issue correctly, and attract all other conservatives too.
We have to avoid wild-eyed folk with no experience, etc.
I’m open to other opinions as to candidates. But right now:
I’M WITH CRUZ.
Thoughts?
Actually, that list could be GREAT!
If Rand Paul throws support to Cruz, the rest are RINOs who can split votes among them.
I never see Pence on these polls, even though he’s often mentioned in 2016 election talk.
I agree.
Loaded question indeed!
The romneybots and bootlickers for the bush dynasty are already swinging into gear. The republican branch of the democrat party, along with the compliance of their MSM lackeys, courtesy of the democrats (RINO high five to their democrat backers, and borrowing their media machine), want one party rule. The republican party should change their name to the TOKEN party.
“After DeMint announced his resignation from the US Senate to become president of the Heritage Foundation, speculation erupted that he would run for president in 2016. “
The eGOP has already anointed Jeb as the candidate.
They will give all their support and none to the other candidates. This will give Jed the lead.
I am done with the eGOP. I voted this year and they got my vote for Senate and House as we need those and their candidates were the better pick, but no one else in the eGOP got my vote.
If Cruz runs he will have my support.
Its time for the usual RINO divide-and-conquer strategy against the conservatives, with a RINO ending up winning the nomination.
Its too bad that the conservative candidates cannot or will not sacrifice their own egos for the good of the country and unite behind one consensus conservative candidate in the primaries.
Some 2 dozen wannabes could be making noise. Look for a lot of activity right after the November election.
This next presidential election will cost over $1 Billion for each major party nominee. Thus, the money brokers will probably be the deciding factors in who runs. Those who cannot muster a list of strong financial backers early on will be forced to drop out early.
Will the conseratives shoot themselves in the foot again by running after a half-dozen or so wannabes who split the conservative vote and make the GOPelite preferred the nominee by default? Probably, yes.
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