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Great if Jeb would run for the Senate AND STAY THERE.

Darned if I can come up with a candidate I’d be juiced about for President right now. No to Barbour, Huckabee, Gingrich, and Cheney (whose health would doom him anyhow). Never to Romney. How is he supposed to lead the charge for repealing Obamacare when much of the plan was modeled on Romneycare?

Jindal or Christie maybe. But when Jindal is interviewed, I get annoyed by him because he just talks on and on without taking a breath and his voice sounds whiney to me rather than authoritative. But that could be easily fixable with coaching. Christie’s got the manner and the voice to survive in NJ, but nationwide he might be perceived as being gruff. He’s said no anyhow. Neither of them have the experience I’d like to see, but if the alternative is a guy like McCain who’s been around forever waiting his turn on the list, I’d take the young governors any day.

I love Palin doing exactly what she’s doing now, but not for president (when you say that around here, you get kneecapped but I’m going to say it anyhow-my knees are strong (-;). The timbre of her voice annoys me no end and try as I might, when I listen to her segments with O’Reilly, I get very little substance out of her comments. GIngrich, in contrast, is always worth a listen and has great insights backed by history, common sense, and political knowledge and instincts. He commands your attention - but NO Gingrich for president.

I really like Pence and Kantor and DeMint and Paul Ryan, but do they have executive experience? No more legislators like Obama.

I wonder if Rubio will be tapped for VP this time around. I hope not, because he would be deadly having a Senate term then running for FL Gov., then President. Although I have no doubt he would be more successful as a Pres. right now than Obama, who is nothing more than an ideologue who surrounds himself with incompetents who think like him, but have never accomplished anything in their lives.

What about Haley or Martinez? Do you see them rising to the top to be Presidential contenders or VP picks down the road?

Rubio and Martinez on a ticket (for 2016 or later) would make liberal heads explode-I’d pay good money to see that show. But that’s not why they should be on the ticket. They should be on the ticket because they’re the best we’ve got.

Without a Tea Party presence, Romney would probably cruise to the nomination this time around. In NH, conservatives did well this year, so you know the Tea Party is active up there. In IA, conservatives for Congress did not do well, so don’t know about Tea Party influence there. Tea Party activism might be the deciding factors, esp. in those early primary states. Gotta to VERY CAREFUL not to end up with a Christine O’Donnell.

Forgive me my stream of consciousness...