Your 2016 Presidential Candidate Speculation Thread

or, since almost all of his losses in the polls during that those few weeks went straight to herman cain, it's possible that millions of american voters just love pizza

its verifiably true that they do

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_debates,_2012

September 22, 2011 – Orlando, Florida

The sixth Republican debate was held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, and was sponsored by Fox News Channel and Google. It was moderated by Chris Wallace, Bret Baier, and Megyn Kelly. The debate was only the second of the 2012 cycle to feature former governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico; he was also in the May 5, 2011 debate. This debate in particular was prominent as featuring the highest amount of candidates in attendance; out of the ten major Republican candidates for the Presidential nomination, only former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty was absent, as he had already dropped out of the race at this point in time.

The debate engendered controversy when a pre-recorded question fielded by Army service member Stephen Hill from Iraq via YouTube, concerning whether any one of the candidates would reinstate the recently retired "Don't ask, don't tell" policy excluding openly-gay soldiers like himself from the US military, elicited vocal booing from a few audience members; Santorum, whose turn it was to answer a question, stated that "I would say any type of sexual activity has no place in the military" after the booing had subsided, and was applauded by the audience for his response. Rick Perry drew criticism from the other candidates over the Texas DREAM Act, which provides discounts for tuition prices for the children of illegal immigrants. Perry's response, that the other candidates didn't "have a heart" was poorly received by conservatives.[16][17]

Perry's overall performance was criticised. His speech was so garbled that Mark Hemingway of the Weekly Standard asked if he had suffered a stroke,[18] and Brit Hume of Fox News stated that Perry, "at a time when he needed to raise his game, I mean, he did worse, it seems to me, than he had done in previous debates."

Gary Johnson, who lagged in polls and media attention, made headlines and became the most searched-for candidate on Google for several hours for a joke he made towards the end of the debate, saying, "My next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this administration."[19]

i wonder who the tim pawlenty of the 2016 GOP primary will be

hopefully it will be Tim Pawlenty

Plenty of Pataki to go around

who the fuck was gary johnson? I don't even remember him.

I liked Jon Huntsman.

i thought i had a picture of gary johnson in my head, but it turned out it was jon huntsman, ha.

garys don't have a good track record in these things really. bauer was just doomed from the word 'go.' those creepy eyes. feel like he reminds me of some 80s comedy movie villain or something but i can't place who.

Gary is an asshole name. And I liked Hart.

former governor of New Mexico. ran as a libertarian who actually believes in climate change and that gay marriage is a civil right, not a "state's right"

in other words, fucked right out the gate

Jon Huntsman spoke Mandarin, served in a Democratic administration, believed in climate change, and played in a prog rock band. He had the '76 nomination sealed.

garys don't have a good track record in these things really. bauer was just doomed from the word 'go.' those creepy eyes. feel like he reminds me of some 80s comedy movie villain or something but i can't place who.

― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:36 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Gary is an asshole name. And I liked Hart.

― akm, Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:38 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

History[edit]
The usage of Gary as a given name is intertwined with the success of the actor Gary Cooper (originally Frank Cooper). The American industrialist Elbert Henry Gary left his name to the town of Gary, Indiana. The theatrical agent Nan Collins, who lived in this town, suggested the name Gary to Frank Cooper, one of her clients. Cooper thus adopted the name Gary and enjoyed a successful film career (as Gary Cooper) which caused the name to become popular.

Hart, the so-called Atari Democrat, presaged every odious trend in the Democratic party for the next 15 years.

I did not know that about "Gary!" Wow.

you mean, the Clintons?

all 3 of them were McGoverniks, Hart a rather high-ranking one)

Hart looked good next to Ernest Hollings and John Glenn.

oh cripe those shits

i saw Hart speak at NYU in front of a fairly small crowd, probably in '83. I think I probably voted for Mondale in the NJ primary in June '84.

I met Gary Hart! He shook my hand and said, "I'm the next president of the United States". That was probably a month before all the shit went down. No, his hand did not have Donna Rice on it.

haha I met him too on my one childhood trip to DC, he was just walking around

that reminds me of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJGrUuwL1B0

xpost

I didn't much like him but The Miami Herald ruined journalism by pursuing that Rice story.

i always thought it was "oops" that really sunk perry, but looking back at the polls he was already divebombing in the month before that happened

― Karl Malone, Tuesday, May 26, 2015 5:57 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

My memory was that his debate performances previous to oops were awful and it was just the coup de grace

nothin a pair of glasses won't fix

I think Herman Cain could have gotten the nomination if he wasn't an idiot with personal baggage, if you get what I mean. Like a different pizzaman could have done it.

cain should have gone full 8th-grade junior honor society campaign style and promised everyone 2 free large pizzas if he became president

then in the first month of office, during his first primetime speech from the east room, he could have declared that it was time for the nation to tighten its belt - no free pizza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhot2OJKKZc

guy knows how to keep busy

"oops" was on Nov 9, 2011, but he was already far from his 32% peak by then

http://i.imgur.com/dCqxA4X.jpg

― Karl Malone, Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:00 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he must have committed a serious of embarrassing errors sometime between Sept 25 and Oct 14

― Karl Malone, Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:01 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this would be his family hunting lodge

^ probably should have thrown a 's in there

just imagine all the anti-Sanders sketches on SNL next year, uniting their conservative Dem AND Republican writers.

just imagine ... SNL

no thanks

Santorum's back...he'll be announcing later today, apparently.

good luck usa

hahah santorum

i honestly can't wait for all these campaigns to be in full swing because republicans are hilarious. I can't even think of an electable republican at this point.

here's a fun game. let's assume these are the GOP candidates:

Bush
Carson
Christie
Cruz
Ehrlich
Fiorina
Gilmore
Graham
Huckabee
Jindal
Kasich
Pataki
Paul
Perry
Rubio
Santorum
Trump
Walker

the fox debate apparently will only allow 10 candidates. which 10 will it be? or which 8 will be out of the race or simply excluded from the debate?

(that list comes from here: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/winnowing-down-gop-candidates - 15 of the 18 have already announced or are about to, while the other 3 (trump, ehrlich, gilmore) were also so hey why not)

put'em all the ticket

Bush/Carson/Christie/Cruz/Ehrlich/Fiorina/Gilmore/Graham/Huckabee/Jindal/Kasich/Pataki/Paul/Perry/Rubio/Santorum/Trump/Walker '16

*on

Here's what I'd predict:

Bush
Carson
Cruz
Fiorina
Kasich
Pataki
Paul
Perry
Rubio
Walker

Santorum, Jindal and Gilmore the final ones I removed. I just have to assume Ricky Bobby will bow out before Thanksgiving, and Gilmore? I guess every season needs its Mike Gravel, but I dunno.

I can't even begin to rank 'em. Also can't believe Santorum's taking another shot (spurt?) at it. What a putz.

If Pataki runs, I will miss Letterman's Jerry Lewis-styled pronunciation of his name

have the top ten debate then the other eight are the moderators

i'm gonna guess

Bush
Carson
Christietaking a longshot bet that maybe he'll just be in prison by the time the debates start?
Cruz
Ehrlich
Fiorina
Gilmore
Graham why is he running for president again? doesn't everyone hate him?
Huckabee
Jindal i can't believe that anyone could take this man seriously anymore, although that same criticism could be applied to many others on the list
Kasich
Pataki
Paul
Perry
Rubio
Santorum
Trump although it would be hilarious
Walker

don't really know much about kasich or his chances tbh

republicans are hilarious. I can't even think of an electable republican at this point.

Think harder. Reagan and both Bushes were "hilarious" too.