| Kantor said: 2000: McCain is runner up. 2008: McCain wins. Romney is runner up. 2012: Romney wins. Santorum is runner up. 2016: Santorum wins? I think Clinton would beat Christie. I sincerely hope Santorum never gets anywhere near the nomination again. Ideally it would be Justin Amash. If not, Scott Walker could well get it. Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan and Bobby Jindal have a shot too. |
yeah unfortunately santorum is a big likelihood. I hate the idea of Santorum ever getting nominated too. Its always easier to run if you have run before. You still have contacts and infrastructure from your previous campaign that can be called up and implemented a lot quicker. Plus, you aren't vetted as thoroughly because the news media has already dwelled on your baggage before. The news media wants to find new baggage to cover, so the new candidates are again at a disadvantage.
The idea for the poll was to pick the supposed "dream" picks of either side. I am personally an independent, center to center-right kind of guy. Looking at the candidates of either side for this election and the next, I have a hard time seeing how republicans have a chance in either.
