Okay, it looks like Palin and Cruz are front runners - if they run, Although those are my first choices, I’m gonna throw some names that haven’t been mentioned (that much):
SC Gov Nikki Haley: Say what you want, but she has been taking on the libs and the RINO directly and fighting against the feds the whole time. She should be considered a dark-horse who could shake things up in a primary.
ME Gov Paul LePage: I have a relative in Maine who’s a died in the wool socialist who (along with all the other dems) hate his guts. That alone tells me he’s good. Get’s in liberal’s faces just like Christie, but apparently, not that much of a RINO.
WI Gov Scott Walker: Politically, I’d actually put him at front-runner status.
NM Gov Suzanna Martinez: Go ahead, call her a RINO. But she ain’t on the GOPe’s top ten list, and not my first choice, but if the battle’s gonna be about identity politics as well as ideology, she could take some of the heat off the GOP with the changing demographics.
LA Gov Bobby Jindal: Clearly has leadership skills, pro-business, and conservative creds are pretty good. Yeah, they’d bring up the “not and American” thing, but since these things apparently don’t apply anymore...
Just my $0.02. Again, it’s obvious both side fear Palin the most, and an West/Jindal/Cruz/Paul VP slot would send the dems into a conniption fit.
There’s something to be said about former governors becoming presidents. There was the is guy from California for example....
Anyhoo, the best one on your list is Nikki Haley. She would win her state hands down, whereas Walker might not. I think Walker’s terrific, but as we all know, winning your home state is key.