Will The GOP Lose To Hillary In 2016 By Nominating A Loser Like Jeb?

Townhall.com ^ | 12/8/2014 | Kurt Schlichter

[Servant of the Cross]

It’s crystal clear that Hillary Clinton has a glass jaw and is poised to be knocked out in 2016. With Barack Obama and his legacy of failure weighing her down, Hillary must cobble together a coalition by recovering the normal Americans who used to help Democrats win while at the same time satisfying the freak show that is the Democrat base.

But she'll still be the face of the party of idiots who block you on the freeways, of morons who burn stores, of faceless Obamacare bureaucrats raising premiums, and of Goldman Sachs. Yeah, Wall Street crony capitalists pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for her keen insights.

Hillary is a loser and the Democrats know it. So the pygmy vultures are circling. James Webb is sizing up his chances (which are zero). For some reason, Martin O'Malley of Maryland thinks he's a viable candidate. Elizabeth Warren is pretending that she's not thinking of jumping in. There's your Democrat diversity: All kinds of rich white people, from faux populists to failed governors to fake Indians.

So with the GOP facing this crew of future footnotes, why are we toying with potential nominees whose only qualification appears to be the ability to implode?

The 2016 election isn't just an opportunity to win the presidency. We need to save our country and our Constitution from the Chablis-swilling liberal elitists. So it's time to be serious, and by “serious,” I mean we will have to tell people who we like – and some we don’t – that, "Hey, you're not going to win, so get out of the way."

People like Dr. Ben Carson. Hey, Dr. Carson is a great guy with a powerful message who has no business running for president in 2016. He's never been elected to anything. He's never run anything besides a hospital. If I need brain surgery on my children, he’s the man. If I need someone who knows how to lead the world’s biggest military, outmaneuver an entrenched Washington bureaucracy, and ruthlessly crush progressivism, not so much.

Plus, because he’s inexperienced, he’s a gaffe machine. Go win a Senate race in Maryland, Doc. Then win the governorship. Then let's talk.

Oh look, Carly Fiorina is considering running. I guess she can't resist the groundswell of support from the four people on planet earth who know who she is – yet another zillioniare dilettante who lost a big California race. There's her political resume. One race, which she lost. Does she even live in California anymore? Please, no more Richie Rich GOP vanity candidacies, okay?

And then there's Mike Huckabee. Talk about playing into stereotypes. Sorry, the face of the Republican Party in 2016 probably doesn't need to be an older, hefty, white preacher from Arkansas. On the upside, our stereotype is a minister; for the Democrats, it’s the Occupy guy who choked a grumpy on a NYPD cruiser.

Rick Santorum wants to run again. Apparently he hasn't lost often enough. The last time he won an election was, I think, 2000. Now, losing can help you grow, but there's no evidence Santorum has done anything to change his mind (or anyone else’s) about any of the positions that have made him lose consistently for the last decade and a half.

Then there’s Jeb. Who on earth who isn't a Bush wants Jeb to run for president, much less actually be president? I could maybe get used to a guy being president whose name is “Jeb,” but not one who embraces Common Core, loves amnesty, and gives awards to Hillary Clinton. Go ahead and read how Jeb slobbered over her while giving Hillary a freaking medal for her sterling performance as Secretary of State. What next – a lifetime achievement Oscar for that goofy kid in The Phantom Menace? It should make for some interesting debates. She’ll say she’s awesome, and he’ll argue that no, she’s merely great.

If you like the sound of “President Hillary Clinton,” support Jeb or any of the delusional people I just mentioned. GOP establishment types, you’ve been warned. Want to get a hundred-plus retweets/favorites on Twitter? Diss Jeb. I usually can’t stand people who mutter about not supporting a Republican nominee because he’s not exactly who they wanted, but before I’d vote for Jeb I’d lick the floor of a Detroit bus station restroom.

Now it's fair to ask who I like in 2016. Well, the answer is “Parts of a lot of people.” I wish, like Dr. Frankenstein, I could put together the perfect candidate out of the bits and pieces of many potential nominees. I’d take the brains of a Bobby Jindal and blend them with the aggressiveness of Chris Christie. I’d take the executive acumen of Mitt Romney and put it together with the winning record of perpetual underdog Scott Walker. I’d take the understanding of the Constitution of Ted Cruz and mix it with the charisma of Marco Rubio. I’d take the Texas track record of Rick Perry and match it with the ability to win in a purple state of John Kasich. And I’d infuse my nominee with the ability of Rand Paul to reach out to new constituencies while also slipping out from under the shadows of a wacky father.

But of course you can't just choose the best qualities. The flipside of my perfect candidate would be a barely known squish who can't win an election and probably can't win his own state, who everyone who is not conservative hates and who lies about immigration while not being able to put together a coherent sentence and who embraces the welfare state but wanting to reduce our military down to just seven guys, all while devoting a lot of attention to the threat of chemtrails.

There are two people who I think can more likely than not beat Hillary. Commenters, that doesn’t mean I support them. I think Chris Christie has the aggressiveness to win and Mitt Romney has the ability to win by repeating over and over, “See, I told you so.”

I think Walker, Jindal, and Paul are good guys who I'd love to see elected, but I think it will be tough for them. I think Perry had his chance and blew it. I think Kasich would lose because he’s chosen RINOhood – there’s no place in the GOP for a Hillary Lite. I love Ted Cruz. I've seen him speak and he's greatly impressed me as a leader and a lawyer, and I'm sorry to say he has absolutely no chance of ever being president. As far as Rubio, he lied to us about immigration, and it's going to take a lot to get me to forgive. I will never forget.

What’s going to happen? Who knows? It has two years to play out. In the meantime, who is telling the likes of Jeb that they should run for president? I've got to assume it's Chuck Schumer, because he's just devious enough to do it.

[Preachin']

“(1) The GOP leadership is liberal and hates conservatives.

(2) Liberal democrats vote in the early open Republican primaries.”

Exactly. The GOP has an obvious disadvantage because it seems logical (to me, anyway) that they will have MANY more names on ballot in the primaries that the democrats, too. The democrats will vote for the GOP candidates that they are most sure the democratic nominee can beat.

Just like the last time, countless millions of dollars will be spent in the GOP primary, and it’ll hurt our chances to campaign in the general election.

Also, the long campaign will see several candidates who will stay in too long, just to create a better chance for the next campaign. All of the name calling and blaming for scandals will simply give the democrats ammo against the GOP nominee.

I am not sure Hillary is electable, but I am thinking that from a financial perspective she will have a major advantage after the primaries.

[G Larry]

We need a list of LOSERS we will not tolerate:

Jeb Bush
Mitt Romney
Chris Christie
John McCain
Mike Huckabee

[doug from upland]

People who agree with the hard core right -— us -— are a distinct minority. As much as I want a real conservative, I do not see how we get enough votes. The electorate has been dumbed down as the left has planned for two generations. They have an unbelievable advantage with the press working with them to control the agenda. EXAMPLE: we know what really happened in Ferguson. After the grand jury’s findings, including the DNA, we should have at least 75% of Americans understanding what happened. But they don’t understand. They have been Grubered. When we have remedial reading and English being taught at the college level, we are in trouble.

[SunkenCiv]

‘Ready for Hillary’ Website Already Blew Through $11 Million and is in Debt
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3235007/posts

[grumpygresh]

Cruz has the new car smell.

Jebbush smells like a garbage truck.
Hitlery smells like a kubelwagen.

[Servant of the Cross]

I personally like your list and would add Rick Santorum to it.

[arthurus]

What? Romney? Those are the choices. Only if a new partỳ forms massively right now and can nominate its own will we have a choice outside those two. Between them they control probably 90% of the available primary campaign money.

[G Larry]

Yep!

And he was my choice in the 2012 Primary.

[C. Edmund Wright]

I don’t agree with your analysis.

[oldbill]

His same comments about Cruz I heard about Reagan in 1980, plus he was too old.

[ducttape45]

The GOP will lose because they still can’t figure out that most of the country wants a true conservative to run, not a GOP-e like Dole, McCain and other idiots like them that they’ve run out there.