Posted on 07/31/2015 10:08:34 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The obvious problem when sitting down (or standing up) and trying to rank the 10 people most likely to wind up as the Republican presidential nominee next year can be summed up in two words: Donald Trump.
On one hand, Trump is way ahead in most national polls on the primary race and even leads (or comes close to leading) in surveys conducted in early-voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire.
On the other, he is Donald Trump.
(The last time I ranked the 2016 GOP field -- June 12 -- Trump was barely a blip on the radar and didn't crack the top 10.)
I put the question of where to rank Trump to the Twitter world on Thursday afternoon -- and the responses were, well, all over the place.
(TWEETS-AT-LINK)
I also put the Trump question to the five senior Republican strategists who aren't working for one of the 17 GOPers running for the nomination currently. (I kid; there are at least 10 unaligned GOP operatives.) What I got back from that group surprised me: They were much more bullish on Trump's chances than I expected -- with several arguing that Trump absolutely belonged in the top tier.
I won't spoil the surprise as to where The Donald wound up. You have to scroll down for that. Remember that the candidates are ranked by their likelihood of winding up as the Republican nominee next year. And, remember too that there are a lot of months between now and then. So, these ratings can and will change....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Sad and scary when the GOPe and the demoncRATS (Wash Po) team up to push a candidate like Jeb.
They just don't get it. . . .
Bush Zombie... Some of the MSM in NY and DC don’t realize that he is very off-putting.
With jebbie praising Obama, now, I doubt that he’ll ever be #1.
So much time between now and January. Wasn’t Herman Cain the one leading the pack this time the last election cycle?
All the Dems need to do is find some woman Trump pissed off and pay her to complain Trump sexually harassed her. They probably have several already lined up but are waiting until closer to the primaries.
Who was that woman Trump had on his Apprentice show the first few seasons (Carolyn? Caroline?...) who had a rather nasty break-off with Trump when she decided to profit off the show herself? The Dems are lining up people like that, I’m sure.
And it won’t hurt him in the least.
– Professor Irwin Corey 
Too bad he didn’t keep Trump last on the list. LoL.
“1. Jeb Bush:”
LoLoL...
I may be totally wrong, but I don’t see Jebbie or Hillary getting the nominations for their respective parties.
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