[rodguy911]

Yeah I agree but what a ticket that would be! Ernst is such a rock star already and she is barely known.

[Jane Long]

Her day will come.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Cruz/Ernst 2016.

[Alberta's Child]

I like Cruz and Ernst, but U.S. Senators typically don't make good presidential candidates. Go back 40+ years and you'll find some of the most awful presidential candidates in the history of the nation:

McCain, Gore, Dole, Mondale, McGovern ... the list just goes on and on. And if it weren't for the fact that Obama was running against McCain, he would have been beaten like a rented mule in 2008, too.

This is why the top prospects for the GOP in 2016 will likely be sitting (or former) governors.