Which Republican would be the toughest opponent in 2016?

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24. Let's be clear about one thing

They are ALL serious candidates, in that whoever the republican's put forward, they will mostly unite behind AND the media will do their bidding in both finding some mind bendingly bizarre positive frame for them AND will find some mind bendingly bizarre way to negatively frame the democratic candidate.

This time in the 99 cycle, W was as big a joke as any of them. When the dust settled a smart,capable and decent Al Gore was framed as an arrogant geek and nitwit son of privilege a guy you'd like to have a beer with.

John Kerry actually served in battle, was wounded and received medals for it. When that election was over, he was a weak coward and the jackass who ducked vietnam and hid in a mountain during 9-11 was hailed as resolute and having had kept us safe.

McCain was a half senile, cartoonish say anything to get elected politician who picked the most truly abhorent VP candidate in our lives and still got nearly 47% of the vote.

Barrack Obama was an incumbant who was doing a good job and Romney was a cartoonish, gaf machine and he got 47% of the vote.

It does not matter one big how bad we see these morons to be, or even in fact who incompetent or stupid they are.

Once it is a two horse horse race, they have at worst a punchers chance.