I am republican and we always pick the guy who is next.
Next would be one of 4 people. Rick Santorum as the guy who finished next behind romney, Paul Ryan as the guy next to romney, Jeb Bush as the next Bush, or Romney as in his next campaign.
Palin’s turn to be next was in 2012. Cruz has not yet made it to the next level.
After Eisenhower, VP Nixon was next. After Nixon, Henry Cabot Lodge was next and this is one of the few times we did not pick next was Goldwater. After Goldwater, Nixon was next again, then Ford was next, then Reagan who finished 2nd to Ford in 1976 was next in 1980, then VP bush was next, then Dole who ran as VP in 1976 was next again. Then GW was the next Bush, then McCain who finished 2nd to Bush in 2000 was next, then Romney who finished 2nd to McCain in 2008 was next.
Blah blah blah,This is 2014 and politics doesn’t give a hoot about history in the least.It’s a nasty business and the wrong way to run a nation.