If you're advising Clinton or Sanders, who do you say "get ready to run against" in the Fall?

[Bucky]

Who should Clinton fear most? Rubio? Fiorina?

Who should the Bern burn for? Trump? Cruz?

[DCBob]

1. Rubio.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. I thought Rubio

but after last night I don't know. For some reason I still think Bush will be there?

[restorefreedom]

3. i think the most important thing

is to stay on message

but regarding the specific question, trump and rubio will be most dangerous for clinton. trump can appear to be the populist and he has no qualms about smacking people in a campaign. he can also afford to pay people to dig up or manufacture whatever he wants to if he chooses to go that route. Cruz has just enough knowledge to make him sound sane, and he will go after Hillary hard.

for bernie, trump and rubio. Trump will try to appear to be the populist and he will try to tear Bernie apart on the socialist issue even though nobody cares about it anymore. Rubio has just enough youthful pizzazz and knowledge of the issues to be very competitive.

[jberryhill]

4. Rubio

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Rubio but if we are lucky we might get the neurosurgeon or the real estate magnate...

Rubio but if we are lucky we might get the neurosurgeon or the real estate magnate cum reality show star.

[TSIAS]

6. Rubio

I think Rubio is 50/50 to beat Clinton. She'd probably beat Carson or Trump easily.

Sanders is more difficult to assess. It would be a less traditional campaign, although I expect Sanders would win.

[longship]

7. A clown.

Maybe Rubio, like many say. However, it over a year out, and I think one has to prepare for a generic clown at this point. That would serve us well no matter what happens. After all, they all wear rubber red noses and big floppy shoes. So we should give the weeze a squeeze and stomp on some feet no matter which clown gets the nomination.

The one thing we all now know: The GOP 2016 Presidential Nominee will be a clown!

[MohRokTah]

8. As wacked as the GOP is right now, they'd be foolish not to prepare for any of the Clown Car. eom

[Kalidurga]

9. Rubio for both candidates

Even if he doesn't get the nomination it is better to over prepare. I think he is the only one of the lot that has an small ounce of sanity. Let's be clear he is a Republican and batshitcrazy, but he can fake sanity a lot better than the rest of the lot therefore prepare for someone that looks sort of sane and then if it turns out to be one of the other lesser sane clowns you are prepared already.

[Bucky]

10. I agree. He's great when he's on-script.

He's a young Reagan in that way. He can prepare and when he does he can be devastating... but he's more show horse than workhorse. He's no Dubya who his handlers gotta mic up and drug up just to get through a debate. He really believes and understands the issues he fights for.

I think hilsoever we nominate needs to prepare to rough him up on stage, really rattle him. Obama won't like it, but he's really the only person we have with Trump's stature to tear up Rubio on his sundry financial and work ethic issues and he'll be necessary to get in soundbites to call Rubio out and keep him on the defensive.

[Kalidurga]

11. I don't think it will be that hard to rattle him.

Oh the other problem with Rubio is he seems to be a very likable guy. If you can break through that I would suggest it be done. You will have to find an issue he is extremely terrible on that won't be hard. But, contrast that with a sane response and it might rattle him and expose him as the Republican he is.

[TheKentuckian]

12. I advise that next fall will have its time but this fall is what we can control now

Worry about where you are and what you are doing not dreams of the future not yet built.

I also council that the TeaPubliKlans are pretty much the same and have shit branding so I'd at this point would just be running against generic teabags and make all of them own it, which they all embrace anyway.