Who do you think the GOP will run in 2016?

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	Paul Ryan
	2 (8%)
	Mitt Romney
	0 (0%)
	Sarah Palin
	1 (4%)
	Chris Christie
	5 (20%)
	Jan Brewer
	0 (0%)
	Rick Santorum
	0 (0%)
	Ron Paul
	0 (0%)
	Mike Huckabee
	1 (4%)
	Michelle Bachmann
	0 (0%)
	Other
	16 (64%)
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[DMacTX]

1. Jeb Bush ( your poll has some big names missing)

Rubio and Bush are probably the 2 favorites, yet neither listed here.

[JackRiddler]

24. Yeah, pretty obvious.

[City Lights]

30. That's the name I was looking for! eom

[mzmolly]

2. They'll try to run a hispanic

IMHO. Marco Rubio?

[bongbong]

3. You'll get more response to this poll

if you add "zombie raygun" to it. I would vote for that.

Edited: Also add "generic old white rich businessman tax cheat" to the list.

[Lost-in-FL]

4. Marco Rubio, nt

[tomg]

5. I think they will go the

same way they did this year: an empty suit.

[d_b]

6. susana martinez

[Pyrzqxgl]

7. It Doesn't matter. A Democrat is going to beat them.

[ErikJ]

8. You forgot RUBIO-he's 100% certain candidate.

[JCMach1]

18. in the 1 or 2 slot

he will be there... bank on it.

[bagimin]

9. Ron Paul??

won't he be 80?
Maybe Mrs. Paul.

[ready2go83]

10. Probably Rubio

They have to start kissing the ass of Latinos since they will soon be a majority. Hope they don't play the divide and conquer game with blacks and latinos. So it will probably be Rubio.

It would be stupid to elect another Bush, the father was a loser and the son is a moron. Why elect another Bush to the White House?

[AsahinaKimi]

11. Do you think Eric Cantor would run?

He is a real jerk, and complete Ass...just the kind of mean spirited person who would represent the current Republicans.

[leftlibdem420]

12. Christie/Rubio

Martinez has executive experience, but I'm not sure she's conservative enough to appeal to the lunatic fringe.

[closeupready]

13. +1 - Christie will lose weight, get in shape, too.

[boxman15]

14. Either Christie/Rubio or Rubio/Christie

I'd bet good money on it.

[cynatnite]

15. Jeb Bush really should be on there. I think he's a very strong contender. n/t

[EnviroBat]

16. Allen West.

He's EXTREME! He'll take this country back!!!

[dipsydoodle]

17. Not Chris Christie as a Republican.

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[Johonny]

19. Rob Portman

[mddem29959ile]

20. I'd say Jeb, as several others have mentioned

[ThatPoetGuy]

21. Marco Rubio

That's as deep as their insight will go. "We need a brown candidate!" Shaking my head.

[hifiguy]

23. Yep. All Latinos look alike to the pukes.

Mexican-Americans, from what I have read, do not consider the Cubans to be "one of them." And it's Mexican-Americans who make up the vast majority of Latinos in the US.

[Jack Rabbit]

35. You're right, but I think TPG knows it

It's the kind of thinking that caused McCain on choosing Mrs. Palin as his running mate. There were some in the GOP who thought with that by itself they could close the gender gap. Any campaign consultant of any ideological stripe should know better and I'm sure most GOP consultants do, except for the most extreme right wing ideologues.

[hifiguy]

22. Santorum and Jebbie will be the early leaders.

Christie a possibility.

Their primaries will be another open-air lunatic asylum because there will be plenty who will triple down on reichwing batshittery.

If they had any sense they'd run Huntsman - he's a demonstrably sane adult. Which is a presumptive disqualifier for their inbred base of trolls and homunculi.

[LP2K12]

25. Jeb Bush

He left office with a 60% favorable rating and was rated on of the "best governors" in the country at the time.

Just my two cents

[Bake]

26. I could see Rand Paul taking a shot at it.

His ego is boundless.

Bake

[Shankapotomus]

27. What GOP in 2016? n/t

[Posteritatis]

28. Christie probably wouldn't offend me as much, which is why I don't see that happening

I expect them to, once again, decide that they lost this election because they weren't conservative enough, and their loud-profile candidates are going to act on that assumption.

[Michigan Alum]

29. Either Jeb or Rubio. If Rubio - Jeb will bill himself as the kingmaker.

[Liberal_in_LA]

31. Chris Christie if they get over their hate for him and he loses 200 pounds

[coalition_unwilling]

32. John Huntsman - only sane one in 2012 - n/t

[Lilyeye]

33. Marco Rubio, at least for VP

[Jack Rabbit]

34. The next runner-up to a first term president

Provided we survive two more years of an obstinate, nihilistic House in which the Tea Party will again have influence disproportionate to their actual numbers in the general population. Then we may not make it to the next election.