Posted on 05/21/2015 5:24:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
N o one will blame you if you can’t keep track of the Republican presidential field. It’s huge. If you count declared candidates, prospectives, and announced aspirants, you have 18 people from across the Republican ideological spectrum: Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rick Santorum, Gov. Chris Christie, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Gov. John Kasich, Gov. Rick Snyder, Gov. Scott Walker, Jeb Bush, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, George Pataki, Rick Perry, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. The field is so large that news networks have put limits on who can join the debates. Fox News, for example, will invite only candidates who placed in the top 10 of an average of national polls. Likewise, CNN will hold two debates: one for top-tier candidates, and one for the bottom tier. (One possible effect of this? Underdog candidates will pull every stunt they can to get onstage.)
Of this gaggle of candidates, however, just three—Bush, Walker, and Rubio—are contenders. Alone among their peers, they have the cash, the elite backing, and the grassroots support needed to win the nomination.
But if that’s true—if just a few people have a shot at actual success—then why is the field so crowded? Why are so many Republicans—especially those who have no chance—running for president?
Some of this is structural. In 2008, Sen. John McCain—the runner-up in 2000—was the “next man in line” for the nomination. In 2012 it was Mitt Romney, who sat through a year of one-hit wonders—Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, and eventually Santorum—before clearing the field and taking the prize. This year is different. Santorum, the 2012 runner-up, is anathema to party elites and doesn’t have a dedicated base in the Republican Party....
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Show us all how that works, okay?
Nope, but that’s a good thing.
If I start thinking like Slate writers, its time to change what I pour on my Corn Flakes.
Both are good. Kasich might be a uniting candidate. We’ve heard little from him. Once has on a few shows he may show better. They showed a line of people waiting to shake Carlo’s hand in Iowa. Much longed than the others. If hill survives she would balance the ticket
If Walker not in top 2 working with Labor in cabinet
Agree 100%
“Bush, Walker, and Rubio”
Substitute Cruz for Bush and I’ll buy it. Bush would alienate the vast majority of conservatives. That a prescription for defeat.
Go Cruz!
If Bush is the nominee I will not vote for him in the general election.
I voted for every GOPe candidate since 1988 (missed 1992/96 when overseas).
Not this time.
No more Bushs, Clintons, or Kennedys!
Of this gaggle of candidates, however, just three—Bush, Walker, and Rubio—are contenders.
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Ted Cruz has the media scared to death. Their mentality is: “If we keep saying Cruz can’t win, he won’t win.” I can’t wait until the first 5 Primaries are over.
Of this gaggle of candidates, however, just three—Bush, Walker, and Rubio—are contenders.
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Ted Cruz has the media scared to death. Their mentality is: “If we keep saying Cruz can’t win, he won’t win.” I can’t wait until the first 5 Primaries are over.
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