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G Will discusses that it is too early to consider whether recent events have hurt Christie. Will continues that there are 30 Republican governors and ‘state level’ Republicans seem to know how to reach the public. Those governors represent some 315 Electoral Votes.
Then Will gives in a short list of potential probables: Pence, Scott, and one other name I don’t remember.
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If the Republicans intend to win, they definitely need to get away from the Beltway Mindset. They also need to get away from the retreads — a list which is already growing.
The shortened GOP primary season is going to make it nearly impossible for any late comers to raise money. It is going to be difficult enough for many wannabes to raise money, anyway. As Brit Hume commented, we won’t see a stage of a new frontrunner every few weeks from a half-a-dozen contenders. That would mean the GOP needs some solid contenders from the beginning. Is that even possible? I posted several times during the early 2012 primary debates: Is this the best the GOP can find to represent them?
If the GOP goes with Christie, he will get thuggishly trampled by the MSM and Dems. If the GOP goes with Jeb Bush as the go-to guy, they will face another round of Bush blaming, because the Bush name is still toxic. If it were not, the Dems would have have used it to win the last two presidential elections. If the GOP stays with the beltway mindset, they will probably face another major loss in 2016, regardless of whether the Dems go with Clinton or some youthful, more appealing lesser known — a repeat of 2012.
The shortened GOP primary season is going to make it nearly impossible for any late comers to raise money.
No need to worry about potential GOPe machinations for conservatives. Cruz is the only candidate worth supporting.
The rest of the realistic GOP candidates have proven they have no interest in engaging and defeating the Dem agenda. That being the case, I won’t be voting for any of them.
I agree with you. The GOP will lose if we repeat past tendency of nominating Republicans from the left. Neither Christie nor Jeb Bush will excite the GOP base nor attract conservative Libertarians or independents.
Pence is interesting to me. From my memory he was good in congress and now he has executive experience running a state. He does not have the one thing Christie or Bush has, name recognition, but that can be overcome if enough conservatives get behind him or whoever we nominate.
Thanks for your post. I do not want Christie or Jeb as a potential nominee. Period.
Cruz would be my top choice. Gov Walker has had some good PR by Rush this week. Don’t know too much him but he’s done some great things in WI (battled the unions and Dims, now has a surplus and cutting taxes. I’m just a bit fearful that he maybe isn’t as charismatic as he could/should be (might be unfair of me to say - I’ve only seen/heard him a handful of times). I don’t care about charisma in a leader but the LIV’s and Media seem to and I think it helps win elections.