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Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
11. They're all ( Excepting Trump) extremely weak. To put it mildly.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 08:21 PM
Feb 2016

Rubio is an empty suit. Cruz won't be able to break out of the straight jacket, far right world view. They'd be easiest to beat.

Trump is a wild-card. He could be trouble. It's difficult to predict if...... stylistically if not ideologically.... he can appeal to and draw out sufficient % of the general electorate to remain competitive. But it's possible that he COULD.

If I were the GOP high command, I'd try to talk Romney and/or Ryan into running.

They're both smarter and slicker than anyone in the current crew and either of them would be more difficult for DEMs to defeat. (And Romney, like Trump has unlimited $$)

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