Going out on a limb here; Jeb!* will still be their nominee.

[Atman]

He, like Hillary, was pre-ordained and pre-screened for rightful White House ascendancy. All these other clowns? Meh...so they filed some papers. They're the rodeo clowns sent out to distract us from the bull(shit).

Be it small plane crashes, mysterious illnesses, affairs with teen-aged lovers, whatever, all of the rest of them will be gone soon enough so that the rightful battle between the two sanctioned warriors can begin.

I mean, seriously? Rubio?

[reddread]

1. sure as eggs is eggs

and voters continue to be stupid enough to trust the results.
".. but verify", isnt that the American way?
cowards and worse.

[Kalidurga]

2. I think Jeb is in huge trouble

Republicans care a lot more about that fire in the belly than we do. And Jeb does not have it. A lot of Republicans lose on that issue alone no matter how good they are on conservative issues.

[Warpy]

3. Yes, they do, and they were told to sit down and shut up in 2012

to accept the "electable" Mitt over the far right favorite, Santorum. I don't think they're going to be told to sit down and shut up again.

I really hope the fistfights are on camera.

But yes, if they do field a candidate, it will be Jeb! because his dad and brother were SO good for the country. Besides, it's his turn.

[Kalidurga]

4. LOL Santorum

It's like one of those fun house mirrors that keep repeating the image only it's Republican after Republican that goes into the infinite of crazy which one is worse this one or this one or this one I think the answer is they are all worse. So, that leaves them with trying to find that special one that is fired up. Jeb is not it. But, that being said we are talking about Republicans there is no telling what they will actually do.

[Atman]

5. "A lot of Republicans" don't really have a say in the matter.

The Republicans that do have a say in the matter are so high up on themselves and their self righteousness that they will never see the forest for the trees. Jeb? won't need a fire in his belly. They'll just put him up against Hillary and the hateful right-wingers will flock to vote for him. The script has already been written. That's why Jeb? seems so bored...he's not really fighting a fight. He doesn't have to. Daddy and his boys already have this all set up. He just has to wait it out.

[Kalidurga]

6. Yeah we might have the same problem.

I think Hillary wins if she runs against Jeb. He really doesn't want to win. And Jeb is going to have a hard time getting conservatives under 50 to the polls younger people simply don't care about social conservatism I am not even sure they care about taxes that much.

[LuvLoogie]

7. Hillary worked for her front runner position,

... for decades. That you are dismissive of her talents, intelligence and hard work does not bring Jeb to her level.

Jeb is looking for cool things to do. Hillary is driven and functions on a higher plain and at a higher level.

Your equating them in any regard will lead you to even greater disillusion.

[reddread]

10. she deserves some credit

for the way things are.

[LuvLoogie]

13. "The way things are" What things?

You will need to elaborate. But I will respond that Hillary did not attack McCain/Feingold. She did not rule on the Citizens United case. She was the target of Citizens United.

The Clintons didn't create today's political dynamic. They are good at navigating it though. The political arms race, if you will, is perhaps in a large part a reaction to their talents which brought a new paradigm born in the late 60s and 70s when they came of age.

They took the populism and idealism of their youth and worked, really worked, so that they could effect policy in the raging crucible that is Washington.

[Bucky]

8. Oh ye who doubteth the power of the Koch machine

When the money floods from the Koch brothers to Marco, you can rest assured their investments will pay off.

[Art_from_Ark]

15. Well, it didn't pay off with Walker

[Bucky]

17. You gotta understand, Los Koch Bros regard candidates like you & I think of cell phones

You gotta always upgrade to the newest model no matter how much you liked the old model. The consumer experience always means you're powerless against planned obsolescence.

[Warren Stupidity]

9. Carson or Trump.

The Republican Party has lost control so now it is tea loon vs fundy loon. The establishment and libertarian factions of the party can't work together and can't win on their own.

[Gothmog]

11. The GOP donor class usually get their candidate

Rubio is not as strong as Jeb!

[Hannahcares]

12. RNC controls software used in R primaries

Worked extensively on voting machine software vulnerabilities over past 12 years. Choquette, et al, showed how RNC boosted Romney over Ron Paul and others in 2012 primary. Unusual
"wins" for unpopular Govs like Brownback and Scott suggest the " unusual patterns " found in larger precincts have made their way to general elections. They thought it would work for Romney in 2012 general election, but Obama was too strong and Ohio wouldn't play ball with the manipulators.

2016 - fix is in already...RNC will throw primaries to electable candidate. General election voting machine software will pronounce the republican the winner.
We should have demanded these machines be decommissioned years ago. Is it too late

[Warren DeMontague]

14. Ive thought for a while that he would do a Romney. Just kind of outlast everyone else

While the GOP runs through it's "flavor of the month" (like Santorum--- ewwwwwwwwww!)

But lately his performance has been SO abysmal, I am reconsidering. He may be toast.

[geek tragedy]

16. He's done. If this were a Highlander movie, Rubio just cut off his

head and took his quickening.

[meow2u3]

18. The establishment repukes will fix the vote count

They have the software to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and fix the vote count to make it appear as if Jebbie wins the nomination. That's my prediction.

Remember 2012, when Karl Rove lost his shit when rMoney didn't win Ohio? Rumor has it that Anonymous stopped the attack.

[Iggo]

19. Well, he is paid for.

[B Calm]

20. I still think it will be Rubio.

They know they can't win unless they pull in at the very least 30% of the Latino vote.