Your 2016 Presidential Candidate Speculation Thread

"I reject this isolationism" is such a stiff sentence, lol

my opponent says this. i reject this.

"My opponent wants to build a moat. I counter that walls topped with razor wire are more feasible."

is rubio really dumb enough to not understand that he's the runner-up Floridian, the runner-up hispanic Senator/lawyer, and the runner-up Gen X'er? whose VP does he think he'd be?

President Obama says he “loves” the Bush family personally and that former Florida governor and possible 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush has “every right” to run in 2016.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-jeb-bush-run-president-2016/

― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Friday, December 19, 2014 8:41 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ARe you saying that you're threatened by a statement that someone's unthreatening?

eliot spitzer for prez

In 2016, clear choice, or clear trauma?

One outcome of and proof for ideological polarization is the way it has made stalwarts appear like centrists. In what world is Hillary Clinton — feminist heroine, author of Hillarycare, sworn enemy of the vast right-wing conspiracy — not progressive enough?

aaaahahahahaha. two sentences in!

sworn enemy Michael Gerson

"For the world is hollow, and I have touched the sky"

one of the worst things about presidential elections is all the "WHY THIS CANDIDATE MATTERS" bullshit for candidates that have zero fucking chance of making it anywhere beyond a few weeks of recognigtion in the primaries

http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2015/01/05/huckabee-flirts-with-a-run/

https://sullydish.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/huckabee-evangelicals.png?w=580&h=384

it's the US media's two-year reality show

yeah. and non-presidential-related but i have the same feelings about stories of louie gohmert challenging boehner for speaker

morons rubes and racists need a national spokesman too

^ that's Sarah Palin's job

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/report-mitt-romney-considering-president-2016

alla you amateur robert caro types out there, is there precedent for this? running 3 times; losing twice already? william jennings bryan is all i got

henry clay did that also

Harold Stassen ran umpteen times. Never won the nomination, though.

Gus Hall.

those guys aren't really the 'precedent' i was thinking of

Clay got closer each time though - or are you looking for someone who won third time?

Mittens only won his party's nomination once. If he is now 'considering' another run, it basically means he's hoping that a ton of party bigwigs and moneybags will beg him to run again and they'll all but promise him the nomination if he runs. Won't happen.

yeah it's over for mittens

Nixon was "willing" in '64 btw

(behind the scenes, of course)

We're pretty sure Biden's not going to attempt a run at this point, right?

Harold Stassen was the GOP front-runner for a while in '48 and won a few states. In '52, he only won his home state.

harold stassen 2016

ran for the tenth time in '92, checked out in 2001

lmao

https://twitter.com/billmon1/status/554771591838851072

“He has been reluctant to speak too openly on the campaign trail about his faith out of a concern that people would believe his motivation for running was based on an attempt to convert others to his faith,” said Tagg Romney, the eldest of Mitt and Ann’s five adult sons.

No, I don't think that's what was rubbing people the wrong way at all.

Evangelicals weren't concerned about Mitt Romney showing up on their doorstep with a necktie and short-sleeve shirt. They opposed Romney because they believe LDS is a weird non-canon aberration of Christianity.

In the end, much of the GOP base went with him instead of Obama not because they thought Obama would try to turn the United States into Black America, but because he was black.

RIP Mittens

Yes--

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/01/30/mitt-romney-2016-presidential-race/22577601/

In other news, the Alan Parsons Project will not be getting back together.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJq6R0fwyjyTm8bPc-1Z-VC55fMsAHKwgu7g4BuJIzqKwegHBd

Romney's signature T-shirt should read "47%."

kind of picture him holding a news conference about his non-candidacy in an even sadder version of http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/24/mitt-romney-economic-speech-falls-flat-stadium

the loneliest jumbotron

"I like the fact that most of the cars I see are Detroit-made automobiles. I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pick-up truck. Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs, actually. And I used to have a Dodge truck, so I used to have all three covered."

omg clemenza will have to get his perverse entertainment from some of the other shits.

"After putting considerable thought into making another run for president, I've decided it is best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee," Romney said

Because, as we all know, had Mitt entered the race those other leaders of the party would have had no opportunity to be the nominee. They needed him to give it to them, generous guy that he is.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--PhVo4mTk--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_320/k3urhu6mirvngoqtik0s.gif

Haha, yesssss

which of our beloved politicians is that?

Chris Christie came out as "pro vaccination choice". His presidency would be a threat to public health on a level we haven't known for a long time.

Chris Christie, right? I think so, but it's definitely a blur of clumsiness.

xp Chris Christie

Chris Christie came out as "pro vaccination choice".

This week. Next week he'll have an entirely different stance.

is this country ready for a president that can't sit in a chair????

Christie, whatever else you say about him, can eat a pretzel without choking