Posted on 03/10/2014 6:01:57 AM PDT by chicagolady
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Grover Norquist, the influential conservative who serves as president of Americans for Tax Reform, thinks there are only six Republicans who can win the 2016 Republican nomination for president.
His list, which he told Business Insider in an approximately hour-long interview Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
"There are only six people who can credibly run start-to-finish, and any of them could conceivably win the presidency," Norquist said.
"And the reason is, each of those people could raise the money to run campaign all the way through. Each of those people has some name ID."
Notably, the list leaves out two prominent CPAC speakers Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Norquist and his group have been highly critical of Cruz in the past, especially in the lead-up to the federal government shutdown last September.
Norquist's list only includes one senator Paul because he has made "savvy" political moves and has more of a name recognition with the general public. In general, Norquist thinks governors have a better chance of running a successful campaign.
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The only one of the six that I can stand is Gov. Perry of TXs.
did he:
support bob dole?
support john McCain?
support mitt Romney?
and I do not mean late in the no other choice game, I mean earlier than most.
So, yeah, do you really expect him to endorse Herman Cain or Duncan Hunter or Alan Keyes or Tom Tancredo or Pat Robertson or Bob Dornan?
‘First you win the argument, then you win the vote’ - Thatcher.
Who’s the only one out there winning the argument with the grassroots? Cruz.
Except, he is right
He is probably correct
We need an executive, a proven executive that is a leader
No, if Jesus Christ is not running, many will not get off their lazy butts to go vote
LIFE viewed through a paper towell tube yields a very narrow aspect
-PJ
Rand Paul?
I don't see how he fits with the others who are/were all governors.
Rick Perry
Scott Walker
Mitt Romney
Sarah Palin
Ted Cruz
Romney will have substantial sympathy vote from people who will have wished they had voted for him in 2012 instead of Obama.
No Republican has a snowballs chance if the same Democrat ringer campaign managers that McCain and Romney choose to run their campaigns manage the 2016 campaign
Jeb BUSH doesn’t have a snowball’s chance and it would be embarrassing and suicidal to run him. No Democrat will vote for him. Few Independents will vote for him. Even most Republicans won’t vote for him. ENOUGH BUSHES. ENOUGH ALREADY!
Can you name a GOP candidate who *isn't* rushing to embrace either illegal immigration on the one hand, or H1-Bs on the other?
He lost his relevance with his Muslim Brotherhood associations!
Islamist sympathizer
Grover Norquist needs to do something about his personal situation I daresay, and go get a real job as a plumber or something. Please note the date of the article from March of 2014.
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