Posted on 03/10/2014 6:01:57 AM PDT by chicagolady
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Grover Norquist, the influential conservative who serves as president of Americans for Tax Reform, thinks there are only six Republicans who can win the 2016 Republican nomination for president.
His list, which he told Business Insider in an approximately hour-long interview Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
"There are only six people who can credibly run start-to-finish, and any of them could conceivably win the presidency," Norquist said.
"And the reason is, each of those people could raise the money to run campaign all the way through. Each of those people has some name ID."
Notably, the list leaves out two prominent CPAC speakers — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Norquist and his group have been highly critical of Cruz in the past, especially in the lead-up to the federal government shutdown last September.
Norquist's list only includes one senator — Paul — because he has made "savvy" political moves and has more of a name recognition with the general public. In general, Norquist thinks governors have a better chance of running a successful campaign.
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He Supports AMNESTY which means he prefers illegal aliens OVER my fellow American Workers....
THATS WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM!
I agree with you. From my learning Norquist is a shill for democrats. It bothers me to hear this guy acting like the GOP blessing person. I tend to believe there will be some excellent and true conservatives coming out of the backwoods of politics free of people such as Norquist. I also believe there is and will be the cloud of eligibility hanging over Cruz much like that over Obama.
There is no stigma associated with Paul's last name?
His dad had some good ideas...and a lot of bad ideas. Not to mention some strange notions. On balance, he played the gadfly and was a horrible candidate...as his single-digit support levels reveal.
Are these guys having meetings where they discuss get-rid-of-Cruz strategy? With pep talks and battle plans?
Cruz is the only one who is presidential. Rand Paul possibly so, but only if all the voters are under thirty.
Jeb has possibly been chosen by the New World Order people as our next president. Maybe he could drop the amnesty poison and change his name.
Are you a LOW INFORMATION VOTER?
I am tired of this, Do your research and your homework!
It took me 1 minute
http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/22/gov-walker-wants-to-open-the-door-to-immigrants/#!
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he would welcome any and all immigrants into the United States if they want to work.
“For me, I’d open the door to making sure that people can legally come into the country,” said Walker, is is preparing a 2016 run for the Republican presidential nomination.
“I don’t care whether it is from Mexico, or India or Germany or Ireland or anywhere else around the world, if we have people who want to come here and work hard and live the American dream, we should embrace those people,” Walker told reporters at a Friday breakfast organized by the Christian Science Monitor.
American Citizens don’t have jobs, our unemployment rate is through the roof, DID WALKER GET THE MEMO????????
Not nearly as much, and with the persistancy, of “Bush”
Like I said, I’m not endorsing him and don’t see myself voting for him in the primary, but Paul has a very good leg up on having a very formidable organization. Which is 1/3 of the equation (the other thirds being candidate performance and ideology/policy preference).
IMMIGRATION/AMNESTY, THATS why Grover supports Walker.
Grover loves illegal aliens invading the country that cannot keep it’s own citizens working
Maybe I’m inviting flames or I’m a bit uninformed, but I sure like Scott Walker. He’s got guts and gets the job done. Although I would stay home if Christie gets the nomination, I would work for Walker.
exactly
Ping.
He lost his relevance over a decade ago
The most important thing is that we all get behind one candidate and not let the left try to confuse us on which candidate is best by using deceptive tactics like setting up faux conservative groups to promote certain candidates to split the votes so we get another 0dumbo elected.
Speaking as a Texan I would vote for Perry in the general. In the primary if he were running against a Bush, Huckabee, Christie, or any other dim lite yes. If any other 100% conservative was running then no.
Grover Al-Nor-Quist issues a fatwa.
If Ted Cruz were to win, the voters would then give the House and Senate to the Democrats to insure gridlock. The GOPe would be out of work and completely out of power, which is all they care about. The GOPe secretly voted for boy Barky... twice.
Grover told us in 2012 that Romney was the guy to get in the White House, and that we just need someone to sign all the great bills coming out of congress. How’s that working?
Correct. And you can take that to the bank. Absolutely no way Christie or Bush get my vote.
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