Who do you think the repub nominee will be?

[craigmatic]

Right now I'm thinking they'll nominate Kaisach. He's moving up in the polls quietly and he takes the jeb moderate seeming middle ground plus Ohio.

[virtualobserver]

1. I'm thinking Romney

[fredamae]

2. As do I

Romney/Kasich

[Mass]

3. Jeb or Kasich.

Only ones who make some sense.

[Attorney in Texas]

14. Kasich's embrace of Obamacare doomed his chances beyond VP (I think Kasich, Rubio and Fiorina are

actively running for VP).

[Warpy]

4. Some smarmy horror who has sold out to the highest bidders

and the Jebus jumpers and is seen to unite the party, about to rip itself apart at the seams.

I don't think it much matters, they're all horrible.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

7. I was just considering how I wished to phrase

The same sentiment.

Your phrasing is perfect, so... Ditto.

[murielm99]

5. I think it will be Jeb.

Their party will work behind the scenes to get rid of Trump. If he runs as an independent, good.

They know who they want. They will make it happen.

[Hortensis]

15. Agree. He has big Big Money backing and big, sophisticated organization.

[Go Vols]

6. Its Jeb's turn

[lpbk2713]

8. Maybe Jeb.

If anything, out of name recognition. Voters too dumb to do any research on their own will have a light bulb flash above their head and they will have their own personal epiphany moment.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

9. I think it will be Trump

He's already mastered the cult mentality of the GOP base, and they're now in lockstep mode for him, as they were for Palin or Dubya. They're already claiming he was "sent by God" to lead them.

No fact or policy position can change their minds, once conservatives have a gut feeling/arousal about who they want as their new dictator.

The cognitive dissonance is in full swing, and anyone who dares challenge it is dismissed as "a lib'rul GOP-e RINO."

[craigmatic]

10. It can't be trump he's peaking too soon and they'll plot against him around IA caucus.

[femmocrat]

11. I think it will be Jeb/Kasich.

He will "miraculously" (wink, wink) rebound and choose Kasich because of Ohio.

[Attorney in Texas]

12. It's probably a Bush-Kasich ticket (but I'd love Trump-Cruz ticket)

[CTyankee]

16. I think Trump-Kasich ticket sounds about right...at this point...who knows what will happen...

Bad all around...

[fadedrose]

13. I hope it's Trump

because he's a former Democrat, still friends with many of them, and he once preferred a single-payer health care plan . . . who knows? Maybe he's got some Dem left in him . He's very narcissistic and can be flattered to change his mind about a lot of the dumb stuff he's proposed.

Ben Carter I don't want, and I don't care how humble he is. He wants to raise the SS age to make the plan solvent, and lower taxes for entrepreneurs to make sure that new ideas can be made possible.

I liked Rick Perry personally because he smiles a lot and sounds friendly, but Texas' deaths at the hands of cops troubles me. I'd like to see him stay in politics, but where I don't know.

Most of the others make me gag.

[Xolodno]

17. I'm thinking Jeb decided Trump messed things up...

...in a real bad way. So he's going to try to "build his brand" for the next election.

Could be Kasich or Fiorina. The loser of the two in the GOP Convention being his running mate in the next election.