30+ Candidates? Do We Need a Playoff System or Something?

Reaganite Republican ^ | 20 June 2015 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

Rather than one or two conservatives to rally-round in opposition to the party establishment, we get over 30 characters up there... can the voters can even keep their names straight? 

All I know is an overcrowded Gee-oh-Pee field is NOT a good thing for the American constitutionalist conservative movement... not at all.

So we really do need to thin out the herd as quickly as possible...
perhaps a early-round paintball war would do the trick?

In the name of clarity, please pick your own bracket, based on political desirability, qualification for the job-- and ability to win in November 2016:

Dr. Ben Carson
Skip Andrews
___________________   Carson

Michael Bickelmeyer                        _______ Carson
Rick Snyder
___________________   Snyder


Kerry Bowers                                                                   _______ Carson
Jeb Bush
___________________   Bowers

Dale Christensen                                _______ Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
___________________   Fiorina



Chris Christie                      
Ted Cruz (top seed)
___________________   Cruz

Bobby Jindal                                        _______ Cruz
Lindsey Graham
___________________   Jindal


Mike Huckabee                                                                    _______ Cruz
John Dummett, Jr.
___________________   Huckster

Brooks Cullison                                     _______ Kasich
John Kasich
___________________   Kasich



Donald Trump
Bob Ehrlich
___________________   Trump

Mark Everson
Scott Walker                                        _______ Walker
___________________   Walker


Rand Paul                                                                                _______ Walker
Jim Hayden
___________________   Paul

Jim Gilmore                                              _______ Paul
George Pataki
___________________   Pataki



Peter King
Michael Petyo
___________________   Petyo

Chris Hill                                                   _______ Perry
Rick Perry
___________________   Perry


Brian Russell                                                                               _______ Rubio
Marco Rubio
___________________   Rubio

Michael Kinlaw                                          _______ Rubio
Rick Santorum
___________________   Santorum


Sorry if my lack of knowledge has me discounting a good up-and-comer, but the first round is basically decided on name recognition... except for Jeb, because I can't stand him.

A complete unknown -i.e. Bill Clinton in '92- probably won't work this time, imho- for all her faults, Hillary isn't as weak a candidate as
(incumbent) Bush-41 was, she's got a base that won't quit.

Finals:

Carson vs Cruz = CRUZ
Walker vs Rubio= WALKER

Me, I'll take Ted Cruz, a far better communicator than Scott Walker, and we need that to sell the conservative message to a tired, misinformed, & confused electorate... but either one is a 1000% improvement over the rancid Obama regime.

Now how do we get some of these other varmints to skidaddle...

[Reaganite Republican]

***ping***

[doc1019]

The field will soon narrow when the Dems tell us how to vote for.

[bluejean]

Duels would certainly thin the herd quickly...

[Jack Black]

I've never heard of half the people in this analysis. Where did you find them?

RCP (Real Clear Politics) has about 15 people in it. The RNC rules sort of make sense, take the top 10 based on poll averages.

There is going to be a losers bracket debate in New Hampshire, too.

[pepsionice]

I think the debate situation will remove the vast majority of ‘players’. Once you clear the second debate....it’ll be strictly five people from that point on. I do think Cruz, Walker and Rubio will be giving five-star debate performances. Bush might do a marginal three-star job and survive. I also think Dr Carson might shock a few folks and get some high-points for debate skills. Beyond that....the rest are finished. Trump might throw five great ideas out there, but he’s just not that great at debates.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I didn’t see Fred Karger on that list. [snicker]

[fieldmarshaldj]

Cruz or we ALL lose.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Trump can impress the audience by having his running mate, Vice-President Orpah get everyone a brand new car.

[IAMNO1]

“Duels would certainly thin the herd quickly...”

Duels are too risky. First you die, then you get knocked off the 10 dollar bill.

[dp0622]

rofl. that’s funny,. What’s NOT funny is he didn’t rule out a third party run. That idiot will ruin Cruz’ chances.

[rikkir]

Gonna be more like a lottery.
I want to have T-shirts made up that say “I running for the GOP nomination for President.” At the bottom it says “I can’t do worse than the idiot there now!”

[rikkir]

In all seriousness, does anyone else see the path that would cause a brokered convention?

[Reaganite Republican]

“Cruz or we ALL lose”
_____________________

Amen~

[Reaganite Republican]

If we don’t thin out the field, sure

[Reaganite Republican]

Ghaddafi used to give away cars

[Reaganite Republican]

I used this, JB

http://2016.republican-candidates.org/#Potential-Republican-Candidates

[Impy]

Random nobodies (example “Michael Kinlaw”) run every 4 years, they aren’t worth mentioning.

[matt1234]

The fact that so many R’s are running and so few D’s tells me one thing: most of the inside people think the next president will be an R.

[TEXOKIE]

Interesting concept, but I don’t want to thin the herd til after Walker announces!