The Republican Presidential Field of 2016 (Updated)
There will be a few years to figure it out.  But here are seven potential candidates who will want to be inaugurated in four years.
1. Â Marco Rubio
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“For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for.”Â
–Senator Rubio
2. Paul Ryan
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“Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature’s God, not from government.”Â
–Congressman Ryan
3.  Bob McDonnell
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“Are we a nation of guarantees or are we a nation of opportunities to achieve the American dream?”Â
– Governor Donnell
4. Jeb Bush
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“I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.”
–Governor Bush
5. Â Rand Paul
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 ”For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, ‘you don’t build that.’Â
–Senator Paul
6. Â Chris Christie
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 ”I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country’s principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.”
–Gov. Christie
7. Â Nikki Haley
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“My parents started a business out of the living room of our home and, 30-plus years later, it was a multimillion dollar company. So, President Obama, with all due respect, don’t tell me that my parents didn’t build their business.”Â
– Governor Haley
BONUS: (By popular demand) Bobby Jindal
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“As we embrace the American dream and the freedoms it represents, we must also ensure that those who wish to enjoy those freedoms become a part of our society and learn to speak our language.”Â
–Governor Jindal
Susana Martinez
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“At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic church bingos. Now my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson 357 magnum.”
– Governor Martinez
Condoleezza Rice
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“After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history. ”
– Secretary Rice
 Did we miss anybody?  Let us know your thoughts below!
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DeVain
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:35pmChris Christie went from a potential President to Benedict Arnold.
I will be happy if we survive to 2016, but assuming we do I want any combination of the following:
Marco Rubio
Rand Paul
Paul Ryan
Allen West
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:38pmlooks like another RINO against 6 small government conservatives…..Sound familiar? Dont you think they would split the vote and allow the RINO to win again? Do we ever learn anything?
The first thing we need to do is fix the nominating rules to allow multiple candidates instead of winner-take-all….Because when you have a divided field, it always favors the RINO
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AverageLibertarian
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:40pmThe only person i would vote for on that list is Rand Paul. Anyone else on that list can not win the Libertarian vote and without it, republicans will lose.
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Matt
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:41pmLol Allen West? He has about as much chance at getting a nomination as Donald Trump. Allen is a great guy, but he just cant shut his yapper and stop saying incendiary things. Were he to run against a democrat in 2016 as our nominee, it would be the greatest landslide victory for the democrats in American history. No independent would ever consider voting for West.
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resme
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:43pmAndrew Napolitano / Rand Paul 2016! LETS GO
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Female
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:49pmRand Paul w/ Rubio 1st or West 2nd.
Ryan needs to become a Senator and then take Reid’s job!
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AverageLibertarian
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:49pmThat has my vote Resme
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DeVain
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:51pmMatt, I like Allen Wast as a man of honor. I don’t care if the establishment wants to nominate him or not. The GOP establishment is part of the problem IMO.
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republic2011
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:59pmHow about a Libertarian this time… screw the GOP
Justthefactsmam
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:00pmI have no problems with 4 of those 7…Paul, Ryan, Haley and Rubio.
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Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:00pmIt will NEVER be Christie after his traitorous acts during Obama’s visit. He sold us out, anyway who cares about 2016, Obama needs to go because of Libya and that’s the only thing the Republicans need to be working on right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weTK4GAEoJE
LetUsReason
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:03pmChris Christie? Jeb Bush? This website just doesn’t get it, does it? I have enormous respect for Glenn and all that he accomplishes. I watch him nightly. But sometimes I wonder about the writers that work for him….
darkknight91
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:04pmDoesn’t matter who you put in there. Run Jesus/Moses 2016. They ain’t winning. The party of handouts has us outnumbered. But go ahead and keep making Beck, Hannity, Coulture, Malkin and the others richer as they sell us their books of American idealism. It was a great experiment but we outlived the constitution. We are all comrades now.
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:09pmAND…CHRiSTIE would have been able to invite MITT ROMNEY to come “assist or Be with Him” and offer comfort to the Victims …. it did NOT all have to be OBAMA !!! Therefore Christie is not ready for
primetime-Nationwide. HE also needs to stop eating wheat.
I love RUBIO/RYAN or RUBIO/RAND or RUBIO/NIKKI and leave JEB and McDonald et al for the Cabinet…RYAN in charge of FED (to dismantle it) … SOMEONE also needs to do something about
the open door “let’s steal elections” policy… figure it out. How to stop it. etc.
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wayner4162
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:10pmwho ever we would nominate to run needs something ahead of the game. conservatives and all who feel that the democratic socialist progressive agenda is ruining our country need to begin now in learning where these people get there funding, and where ever we can we do need to boycott them, take away their funding as much as possible, and what we don’t spend on them we spend on defending conservative causes wherever we can. a good start for the boycott list and at the top would be “HOLLYWOOD” stop spending on all things hollywood, second, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS EVENTS, attendance or TV viewing, get in there pocket, stop them, they donate heavy to the socialist cause, the list can be added to and if this were to become wide spread throughout the country and turned up high without letting up we would give a potential presidential nominee some real power with funding and the weakening of the socialist, this is something that can be done now, no need to wait. the other option is to wait for the inevitable, the country will come apart, anarchy, a
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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:12pmChris Christie is well on his way to being elected president of Barry’s bathouse association. Write him off.
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resme
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:14pm@patty, Already trying to make us lose 2016?
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CaPnK
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:16pmreply to;
MATT
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:41pm
“Lol Allen West? He has about as much chance at getting a nomination as Donald Trump. Allen is a great guy, but he just cant shut his yapper and stop saying incendiary things.”
I loved Romney, good guy, honest and virtuous. The only thing is he didn’t open his mouth enough to get through the skulls of these dimwits that voted for Nobama. The sad fact is, I can’t remember in recent years that a race was won, without some kind of negative ads. Well we need to bring out the negatives of our opponents. Call it fact checks so it doesn’t sound so negative.
Romney and his camp should have been nailing Nobama on Benghazi. They chose to remain pretty much silent,. I think that is why he isn’t the President. Sad.
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Individualism
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:31pmRand Paul 2016, Best Platform and can beat the democrat opponent.
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atlas1212
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:32pmChristie is dead to the base. His fat mouth may have likely swayed the election…him and that traitor Gary Johnson siphoned off enough votes and helped Obama get the 100k or less he needed in each of the crucial swing states. Rand Paul is the only option.
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Fredhead
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:48pmWhy Isn’t Bobby Jindall on the list?
Then again,, Rand Paul
Paul Ryan
Marco Rubio
Nikki Haley
and Wish, the Sarah , would consider a run.
Now, I know that she has been virtually made out to be a cartoon character by the lefties, but then again we are talking about idiots that that get their news from such reliable sources as Bill Maher, John Stewart, SNL, and MSLSD, and the View.
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9mm
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:53pmWe need a fundamental change of the Presidential TERM. In 2016 we will have 2 new candidates on each ticket…
WE NEED ONE TERM – 6 YEARS – That’s it. Everyone always wants someone impeached after 6 .
This will take away a 4 year term President campaigning in his 3rd year and take away them doing it at all.
Then next thing we need once you become A legal AMERICAN- You cannot vote for at least 6 years – I would like it 18 but that would be pushing it.
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Pontiaku
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:36pmMarco Rubio, Eh.
Paul Ryan, NO. Not once did he boost the Romney ticket.
Bob McDonnell, who?
Jeb Bush, what is this, Dynasty?
Rand Paul, seems decent.
Chris Christie, can’t pin down.
Nikki Haley, who?
Sarah Palin, Eff no. Every sentence out of her mouth has to include the words god, country, constitution, and/or america. She’s a talking cliché.
Allen Wast, too polarizing and a religious nut.
Strong fiscal conservatism is how to win. If social conservatism cannot be reined in and marginalized we’ll just be defeated again.
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HappyConservative
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:37pmThere won’t be an election in 2016. Obama will toss out the Constitiution and designate himself as a dictator. We will be on our way to becoming a 3rd world country. Oh if we could be so lucky as to have him for just 4 more years
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grimmster
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:44pmencinom, your constant chatter about liberaltarians is getting old.So called libertarians are nothing more than leftover neo-cons from the democratic party,and they will never have anyone be president if the USA.What is needed, is a plain old constitutional conservatve in office,not some ill legalize pot, audit the fed liberaltarian. This is why i can not for the life of me see why Glenn Beck claims to be a libertarian…
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rickc34
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:11pmRubio and West would make a great team that I would vote for.
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bondroid
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:14pmAGREED!! Love your list!!!
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1911CK
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:50pmNo chance that butterball Christie gets the nod. His political career sleeps with the fish.
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SmithB
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:57pmMarco rubio(p) Susana Hernandez (vp) 2016 winning ticket
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Ditto Head
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 9:19pmChris Christie? Yeah, he blew that down the toilet.
Anybody with the last name Paul? Ain’t gonna happen.
Ditto that for Bush.
Haley who?
I’m definitely on board with Ryan and Rubio.
McDonnell, maybe.
We better choose the nominee wisely because whoever it is will be a shoe-in.
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CafeConservative
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 9:50pm“Allen is a great guy, but he just cant shut his yapper and stop saying incendiary things. ”
Seems to have bought Democrats back-to-back wins.
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An Arizonan
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 9:53pmIn this order:
Jason Chaffetz
Marco Rubio
Paul Ryan
Allen West
Rand Paul
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Wolf
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 9:55pmAlbert Einstein: ‘The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’
You fools don’t seem to realize the Republican Party died last night, and Bonehead sealed the casket today with his ‘pleeeease let me suck you’ bargain plea this afternoon.
Of the proffered fools in this list, maybe Ryan would have a prayer- and a small one at that. What this country needs is a real American to step up- and that ain’t about to happen, either. Who’d believe them?
Until this country falls on its face and seeks forgiveness there ain’t a snowball’s chance in hell any GOP is going to win anything more than ‘Turd for a Day’ contest.
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WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:01pmThe GOP is HISTORY, Time for a Libertarian, should have let Ron Paul run, he would have won-The GOP is LOST!
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FROTHYDISCHARGE
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:08pmIf it’s Bush or Christie I’m officially in for revolution.
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WarMunger_Al
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:58pmThere will be no republican candidate in 2016. The screwed the pooch and now will pay for it, if the country isn’t in flames by then.
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WarMunger_Al
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:00pmwest couldn’t even keep his seat, he votes against the constitution. Big time fail.
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Silversmith
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:06pmI don’t think Rubio and Jindal qualify. Parents not citizens. Yes Vattel.
Silversmith
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Candertwin
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:31amRand is in, but I would also like to see a military general run for president again.
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Crazyotto
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:53amYes Chris Christie is a pathetic tub of guts who proved he couldn’t hold his mud during a crisis. Anyone suggesting him for any Republican office needs to be slapped upside the head..
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robgold13
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:55amNo more Bush !!!
GO WEST young man.
WEST 2012….2014….POTUS 2016
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Lana2
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:42amThey have to fight against voters without photo id, with bios jwish media who want islam here (so they could have a reason to put a dust on their heads) and obviously with a lot of single and unsatisfied womn
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harrysmallcraft
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 5:42amI think we need to concentrate on how we are going to fight the spread of Obamacare. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
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Bill Rowland
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:10amYou forgot Ted Cruz and Mia Love.
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honestynow
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:19amDitto
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dtrane65
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:33amIf we as a party are stupid enough to vote for Chris Christie not only will I not vote for him, but I will vote for the Democrat Whoever it may be. Heck I’ll even put up a yard sign for the Democrat.
Chris Christie is DEAD to me!!!
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DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:39amI give in…Libertarian is the future of the GOP.
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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:57amIF there is an election, Obama will very possibly be the candidate again along with his foreign money…his creeps are looking to change the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution (that is if we still have one)…the American People want a candidate who will fight for truth, who will stand strongly against socialism and corruption- is there one person in the Republican field who has the kahunas to do it? I seriously doubt it. Chris Christie has LOST all of my respect and I WILL NOT help him if he runs in 2016.
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Red Meat
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:32amWhat a collection of RINO’s.
The GOP can go straight to Hell. I re-registered yesterday as an Independent. It felt good.
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oldguy49
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:36am#5 is as far as i can tell the best non rino in the group……..how about someone that is not an attorney nor a politician
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:42amI agree with Averagelibertarian. The GOP likes to poopoo and disdain the libertarian arm of their party, but the results are in and guess what, the Tea Party/libertarian sect had no enthusiasm for GOP RINO east coast liberals. They’re either going to learn to accept us, or they lose us. I suspect already that we may well see them reject their libertarian wing altogether and become thus inconsequential in future elections.
The tides they are a turning, and lots of folks are realizing that you can espouse hard core fiscal responsibility without having to intrude in people’s bedrooms or fret about them smoking a joint while watching a football game. With a day’s reflection it becomes clear to me that the election was a clear sign that Americans may finally be telling us Libertarianism is wanted. It’s up to us to deliver that.
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cloudsofwar
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:00amlet me see, Christie? NO, not just NO but HELL NO. Martinez i like what i just read about her and gaurding the parking lot AND her 357 mag.
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enzomedici
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:18amIf the next GOP nominee is anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage the GOP will lose in another landslide. Times have changed and these are losing positions. If the GOP doesn’t modify its position there will never be another GOP president.
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Marcia
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:29amWe need to jettison Christie, Jeb Bush and Condi Rice from the list. Everyone else if fine with me.
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Vidars
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:32amChris Christie has officially become the Baron Harkonnen from dune willing to stab anyone in the back when it suits him. Plus he does look like the floating fat man.
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Bluebonnet
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:38amWhat I see is the inability to pull together, once we select a candidate. Just opposite, when the democrats choose a candidate, they ALL pull together. You don’t see them, after the fact, wanting to vote for someone else because it wasn’t their personal choice.
It’s like gee & haw for a team of horses. They all pull together or they go NO WHERE. That’s the Republican party. Well, NO WONDER we can’t win anything, we can’t even get on the same page.
2% want this person, 2% want that one and neither help and cause us ALL to LOSE and by dam, we did lose due to those who wanted to vote their conscience. BULL. See what we got? More of the same old liberal stuff we’ve had the last 4 years. GOD HELP US!
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pbrenda51
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:44amThey need to FORGET Jeb Bush…..I will NOT vote for another Bush justso they can have the whole family as president…….not going to happen with this conservative……besides, he is NOT a conservative…..that is why we no longer donate to the RNC…..they choose what crap we have to vote for…..although I liked Romney more as time went on……the others on the list are good except Christie….I cannot vote for him either after the hurricane photo ops with Barry
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American Dad
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:49amRubio is not a natural born citizen
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00100111
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:56amI’m not thinking about 2016 right now. I’m thinking I’m worried I may have to start making hard choices between groceries or gas, do I drive to work or do I buy food? I will never go on Govt assistance, and prices are going to raise exponentially. As 2016 gets closer, and candidates start stepping forward, I’ll evaluate them then. This election just finished, it’s silly to start thinking of 2016 now.
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00100111
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:00amWhoever it is, we need to stop running the hardcore right wing loudmouths. That part of the GOP is the smallest constituency of the GOP, most of us are moderate/center right/libertarian mindset. The GOP needs to drop the social issues. Social issues are a personal thing, leave it a personal thing and stop making people think you’re going to legislate them. There are a lot of democrats who admit that our view of the economy is superior, but will not go our way because we hold too tight on the social issues. Any candidate is going to have to adopt a more libertarian mindset. The GOP needs to come back to the center where we’ve always been until about the last decade or so.
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badswing
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:08amthe RNC will never see me again. we need to break out. we need a third party. PERIOD. if rush doesnt think so , i dont care. if glenn doesnt think so i dont care. WE NEED TO RUN A CONSERVATIVE PARTY. this site mentions chris christie????? really? not from his hurricane stunt. he is a rhino. why cant we see this? he doesnt pass the smell test yet we have his fat ass on this list. mccain then romney? yet we have rubio, pence, cruz , walker etc etc doing just fine. its time. win or lose i will not compromise my ideals. MAYBE WE NEED TO TOUCH HELL BEFORE WE COME BACK BUT HELL I WILL TOUCH IF THATS WHAT IT TAKES.
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ftrainor63
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:10amIf thay hold an election in 2016, sorry, don’t count on it.
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unsafe
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:49amWho really cares any more I’m just waiting for America to fall off the cliff, and then I can sit back and laugh my ass off when the Bottom Freeders start cring for there Stuff. Fall America send it down the cliff with every person on the government dime our dime…
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Wes Hardin
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:51amThat’s great news. You picked 4 of the worse Repub dummies. It’ll be a miracle if the fools in Texas vote for them.
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klpotter2
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:54amHow about none of the above….we lost big because we always pick the same tired show….I choose something crazy and bold- GLEN BECK FOR PREZ 2016 if we all live that long!
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Malrick
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:54amRepublic2011 If a libertarian gets the nod, I’m writing in Mitt Romney just to piss you libertarians off, this is the GOP, screw libertarians. Romney wasn’t my favorite, but this one was important, and we hate you as much as he hate liberal welcome to the s**t list
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PlowMan
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:04amYeah, Christie is out. He didn’t have to talk to that moron. The country, as a whole, is much more important than getting re-elected. Unbelievable! He’s the kind of person who gives politicians a bad name. lol, what am I saying? Maybe they’re all bad. Who knows any more.
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Cavallo
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:13amIt won’t matter who it is. The country will be far to gone by then.
USA RIP
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Knight Templar
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:52amAVERAGELIBERTARIAN—–I am sick of the GOP putting up RINO/losers as well but I must assume from reading your post that you would rather have a traitor or any other America hater than a RINO. Given the libertarian mindset that may well be why we are stuck with the America hater in chief again and may not be able to recover after 2016 no matter who the next president is.
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Knight Templar
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:57amMATT—Since we started catering to “independents” we have been losing. It seems to me should be ignoring “independents” and start doing what is right for the country.
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aragona
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:20pmI’d like to see a change in the entire structure of how this government works by 2016.I’d like to see the red states get together and then issue an ultimatum to the feds. We are no longer going to have our automony stripped from us by the feds. We are no longer following unconstitutional mandates. We are invoking the 10th amendment in any and all unconstitutional actions. Strip us of federal funding if you wish. We’ll simply hang on to the revenues we collect from our people. We can and will do better.
That is what I would like to see in place by 2016.
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K Chad Roberts
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:33pmNewt Gingrich vs Hillary Clinton
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TembRising
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:41pmGOP never learns!
Why did you lose? If the economy was the real issue, you would have won.
Democrats just won a major election on fairly stupid social issues.
GOP tried to hide their views on guns, abortion, islam, immigration, borders, and freedom of speech!
You were muzzled by your leadership. You pretended logic and reason would prevail.
Get real…another loss in 2016 without major social convictions that we were forced to hide.
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Knight Templar
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:51pmK Chad Roberts—To me, that looks like RINO vs LEFTIST all over again. I wouldn’t like those choices any better than this year’s choices. We need bigger changes than a president or any other politician for that matter.
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Pearsontech
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:58pmOnly one in that list I would even think about is Rand Paul. The rest of them you can forget about it. I personally think it is past time to flush everyone out of government and start over. And until they can stop with these stupid 10 year plans then we need to flush everyone out no matter what every 2 years or less until people get it through their thick skulls that we are done with this crap.
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Al J Zira
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:07pm@MAt: You’re right about West, he wouldn’t garner votes from anyone but a small portion of the base. But I think I could find a cabinet position for him. Just like I’d put Rand Paul in charge of the Fed, Jeff Flake in charge of Budget Oversight ( the guy hates pork). The rest I’d have to give more thought.
For instance, I would probably get some good advice from Jindal and Christie regarding FEMA. It’s possible that department would go and a new model created. EPA would be gutted along with a bunch of other bloated offices. That can come from Ron Paul. The possibilities are endless.
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RJL
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:52pmAnyone but another Bushie and please, please, please not bad breath Christie…….
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RavenGlenn
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:59pmAnyone blaming the loss on Cristie is a fool. A liberal(Cristie is a liberal incase you all haven’t noticed) gives the president a hug and talks to Springsteen and you think that made people vote for Obama?
You folks need to realize that the Republican party is the problem, period. They chose another moderate liberal in Romney to run against the poster-boy of free stuff. That’s the reason they lost. I don’t know what possessed people to choose the candidate that LOST to Mccain(the guy that LOST to Obama) to be the guy that would take Obama down. It’s not rocket science.
As for 2016, I vote for Rand Paul with a Rubio or West VP. That you even have progressives on the list is sickening. Yeah, let’s go with Cristie! That’ll get the conservative base rallied up! The right has been looking for a moderate liberal for a long time! If only you’d give us one! /sarcasmoff
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American2012
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:10pmbuddy, if Jeb Bush is not in the ballot, GOP will not turnout to vote in 2016…. looks to me unwritten law by Bush family and DNC……
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old white guy
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:26pmryan and paul, but only if they support the most conservative line possible. the constitution and everything that has been done to violate it. any waffeling and they are toast.the idiots who voted for socialism have to be shown that they truly are fools. by the time the next four years are over they may be in enough pain to understand a rational argument.
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old white guy
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:30pmsoybomb is right. every candidate has to go to a convention. i would suggest no more of this bs in the media and candidates running against fellow conservatives. pick your people and decide at the convention. the media will not be able to control the vote and the conservatives will have a candidate that has not been scarred by the msm prior to the actual election.
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Coyote1953
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:41pmAmericandad said “Rubio is not a natural born citizen”
Do you mean, his daddy didn’t put his dingy in his mommies woo woo or he wasn’t hatched in a cabbage patch?
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pamelaja
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:56pmSusanna Martinez, Yes! She is so fiery and could really stick it to the Dems. She has the strength needed for the first woman GOP candidate. The Latinos woudl flock to her in my opinion. Can you imagine a GOP candidate in fluent spanish— wow!! That is unbeatable.
I respectfully disagree on Rubio. He did a back room deal with Obama in 2012 and gave his vote to him in order swing an ambassador nomination for El Salvador, and a socialist got nominated = don’t trust him.
#1– we are missing an important point– the 2010 Victory was won by Michael Steele who was historically successful in the get out the vote– then the GOP establishment dumped him… too successful for the back room boys in control. BIG MISTAKE!. Romney would be President -elect today if Michael Steele had been in charge of at least the ground game in the campaign!
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Fecal_Matters
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:09pmI would not vote for any of them…especially Jabba the Hut Christie. We need fresh blood no insiders…and definitely no Lawyers!!!!
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Thrawnshand
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 5:24pmAgree 100 %
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TembRising
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 5:52pmWho will run in 2016 is not the question
The important question is what platform the GOP will run on.
We tried a bland fiscal conservatism message and failed.
And now people are saying we should abandon our values…why? we didnt even run a values campaign.
We were muzzled and allowed the leftwing to silence our voices
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seresmary
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 6:48pmDitto Ditto Ditto, these others you can throw out… especially Christie(traitor), Condoleeza (too progressive)
Mary
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raoul del norte
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 6:49pmChris Christy will no doubt be a 2016 presidential candidate–running on the Democratic ticket!
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Wolf
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:24pmGawd… come in from work and you fools are still playing your RINO games… frigging pathetic bunch of losers for a list of contenders.
Like there’s really going to be a ‘election’ in ’16. Yah, sure- if the Turd deigns to placate the whorde with charades.
Bunch of dreamers.
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HIObserver
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:03pmMy Cuban beats your Cuban, take the real deal Ted Cruz over fake Neocon Marco Rubio any day.
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mlite9
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:27pmPersonally, Ryan/Rubio. But, what is more likely if we don’t get a GOP re-set before then is the Bush/Rovian establishment will give the nod to Bush, which is why we have Obama again, since it got Romney out of the way. Poor man really believed he was going to win, so much so that he didn’t even write a concession speech. Sick, and hard to believe, but that’s how corrupt Krispy Kreme Christie and the rest of the establishment are. Unless you believe what he did for O was a coincidence?
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mlite9
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:43pmIf you haven’t noticed, what Herman Cain said earlier this week is absolutely correct. Same party, different uniforms. Neither side is interested in fixing the mess, they just want to be in charge of it. The presidential cycles are become a dog and pony show, the difference being the Dems use them wisely to build a majority block, while the GOP tries to tell the dumbmasses that that’s what they’re doing, instead of fighting fire with fire. If we don’t root out the corruption in the GOP before 2016, it won’t MATTER who’s on the ticket.
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azconservative
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:44amThe majority of the electorate voted for the cool guy-it was a popularity contest. A man with an agenda to “fundamentally change” (destroy) America won the election for a SECOND time because he presented as a rock star. Plant 18-year-old conservative minorities into the entertainment industry; pick the one who is skyrocketing in 2016, run him/her with ANYONE, stage a cross-country tour instead of a campaign, don’t mention issues-throw out pleasing clichès, then watch him/her soar into the White House thronged with glassy-eyed acolytes and a screaming, triumphant cacophony. This is the best chance we have in a country where the corps d’elite is clamoring for Shark Week. And, agreeing with other comments, all this if we even have an election in 2016. We need a new electorate, an unbiased media, and a miracle. Or, we could offer $100,000,000.00 to one lucky person, legal or not, selected from the voters of our candidate. Sigh.
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Mrpaulotics
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:13amNot Chris Christie or Jeb Bush!
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bpitas
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:49amThe only candidate on that list that I would vote for is Rand Paul. The rest (including Ryan) aren’t true conservatives, and I don’t like their voting records. Rand is the only one who has taken a public stand against the evils of government like the TSA – the rest of them are go-along to get-along and we can’t afford to nominate another lame candidate in 2016. The last two Republican nominees have been hand-picked loser moderates – will we learn our lesson?
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Mulder1
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 4:49pmJeb Bush, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie – NO Freaking Way. No more Bushes. I won’t forgive Christie for kissing Obama’s butt, and Haley is not that popular in SC. I’m not sold on Rubio as he is pushing for an amnesty for illegal aliens in order to get more Hispanic votes. This is a bad policy and Republicans must learn that you can never out-pander Democrats. Democrats will sell out our country in order to get votes; the GOP must have integrity.
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Chinishque
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 9:04pmWho give a crap right now about 2016! We lost because we continue to nominate milque-toast RINO’s for the job. If Romney had just reached out to the Paulbots by nominating Ron Paul as the Secretary of the Treasury before the election…Romney would have won in a landslide and we would have got some fiscal sense in Washington. Ron Paul could never win on his own and this would have been the perfect storm to wash the commies out of DC….BUT NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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lenkia
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 3:12pmDon’t forget Sarah Palin for President nor Michelle Bachmann, Ron Paul, Governor Rick Perry and Gov. Jan Brewer of AZ.
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Jenasus
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:35pmDemoncrats and Republicons are on different sides of the same Totem Pole.
Time to through them both under the bus.
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Wolf
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:51pmHow can anyone take you seriously when you can’t differentiate between ‘throw’ and ‘through’?
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Zipit
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:40amSow critical of you there Wolfy! (Humor) As was your post to all of us fools exclaiming that the GOP died last night! Maybe so! If in its current form of moderation and move to the center thought, death and then resurrection may be just what we need! I remember my brother in law making the same comment to me right after Obama won the 2008 election. “You guys are toast, the GOP is dead”! Then, we handed the democrat party the biggest butt kickin ever in 2010!!! Just sayin!!! We can do it again!
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unsafe
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:32amO just give it up they will pick for you who will run on the GOP not you, this country is toast its gone face it.
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utterlyamazing
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:33pmBobby Jindal
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dogmeat
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:40pmNOT a natural born citizen.
aproudinfidel
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:42pmNice add.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:46pmJudge Napolitano….He would unit all factions except for the big government republicans. But we shouldnt worry about the big government republicans because they should vote for the lesser of two evils, just like they expect everyone else to.
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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:54pm“NOT a natural born citizen” Since when does that matter?
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Ming The Merciless
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:33pmway to go soybomb! Beck and company keep voting for the lesser of 2 evils all the time – don’t they?! It’s like watching someone hitting their head against the wall all the time and expecting their head not to hurt at least one of the times.
Beck and company got it wrong in ’08 and in ’12. Not a great track record for someone who tells us they’re a thinker.
Better think harder next time – cuz this list of neo-cons is b s!
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Quandary
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 9:21pmJindal was born in Louisiana ….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jindal
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H07Z
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:32pmA Rubio/Haley ticket sounds pretty damn good to me right now.
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godhatesacoward
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:36pmI like that.
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resme
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:42pmNo, Rubio is a Statist pig. NDAA/Patriot act…
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justangry
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:46pmYou’ve got to be kidding?
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AverageLibertarian
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:53pmLOL another person that doesnt understand why the GOP cant lost.
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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:01amI could definitely go for that!
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Red Meat
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:09amSee, this is what turns me away from the nutbags on this site. Rubio is a big government RINO. People need to look a candidates voting record and public statements. Get real or GTFO.
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Jim3 in PA
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:32pmJohn Kasich, Ohio
Susanna Martinez, NM
Bobby Jindall, LA..
We will NEVER win another Presidential vote unless we attract younger, non-white, and female voters. Obama won with only 39% of white vote.
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enzomedici
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:26amBased on demographics, the GOP is finished unless they find a good black or latino candidate and drop the losing anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage positions.
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Danny78
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:51pmJust focus on Liberty and Smaller government. the rest will take care of itself.
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n2sooners
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:30pmI predict a Christie/Powell ticket for 2016.
Jenasus
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:33pmPowell the one who endorsed Obama? What are smoking some of Obama’s crack?
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The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:37pmI take it you mean a democratic ticket?
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LameLiberals
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:41pmChristy the ONLY GOP governor who did NOT join the other GOP governors to fight ObamaCare at the Supreme Court and WHO HUGGED/PRAISED OBAMA BEFORE THE ELECTION saying how WONDERFULLY bi-partisan and what a great leader he was and who did NOT campaign for Romney!!
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The0bserver
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:09pmN2SOONERS, you are obviously trolling for laughs. Christie and Powell will NEVER, EVER get my vote, NOT EVEN FOR DOGCATCHER. I hope I made that loud and clear.
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rickc34
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:23pmChristie and Powell are lefties and support Obama…..unless you are talking about a democratic ticket because they cannot be trusted…..nobody likes or respects traitors.
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 5:50pmIs this the democratic ticket?
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jimdare
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 6:04pmChristie/Powell — that fits right in line with Dole (1996), McCain (2008), and to a slightly lesser extent, Romney (2012).
The RNC powerbrokers have to be taken out, otherwise we will never see a conservative president again.
Even with the mainstream media completely in the tank for Obama, with his abysmal record, together with the power we have in non-mainstream-media, a right-leaning candidate should have been able to roll Obama up, as Ronald Reagan did to Jimmy Carter 32 years ago without talk radio or any other conservative outlets (other than National Review). Jimmy Carter was horrible, but was much better than Obama (then again, 32 years is a long time for the liberal educational establishment to do its work….)
I still contend that after 4 years of such a disgrace, we should have been able to oust Obama. Romney gave Obama a much tougher run for his money than John McCain did, but he still pulled too many punches.
We do not have to hit below the belt, like they do, but we do have to hit — HARD — with the truth about who we are and who they are. And we MUST stop pulling our punches.
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:29pmRubio is the only one here with a prayer of winning while running on a traditional GOP ticket…
Every day 50,000 Hispanic- Americans turn 18 and become eligible to vote….
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PrivateRyan
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:33pmAgree.
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justangry
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:40pmI truly believe it has NEVER been more insignificant.
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AverageLibertarian
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:45pmYou obviously didn’t learn from last night. Without a Liberty minded candidate the current base of Republicans can not win.
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resme
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:49pmnoooo, East!
No more statist, Please!!!
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:49pmthe traditional GOP ticket will not win a presidential election ever again. Time to ditch the idea that the federal government should be enforcing individual morality.
How about federal government should only enforce government morality??? Like the idea that they should not spend money they dont have, shouldnt kill people they dont need to kill, and should start wars they dont need to start
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:04pmshouldnt
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:10pmLOL!… simmer down now!
Don’t get me wrong.. i’m not ENDORSING Mr. Rubio by any means, and i agree with SOY that the GOP is virtual toast..
I was simply prognosticating that Rubio is the only among them with a chance of winning. I thought my qualifying it with terms like “with a prayer” and “traditional GOP” would make that clear..
I actually like Resme’s idea of Nepolitano the best..
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Eastinfection
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:18pmPS SOY… i credit Resme because he posted it 3minutes before you ;) (& he made me watch an hour long speech by him)… thanks again Res..
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atlas1212
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:34pmIn this country, when you say “hispanic vote” they mean MEXICAN AMERICAN votes. Rubio does NOT resonate with them because he is Cuban. If he were Mexican, it would be different. There is literally almost no advantage to Rubio running.
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Creativethinker
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:34pmI agree! Marco inspires the young and the Latino vote
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Individualism
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:40pmRubio is a war monger young people don’t like war mongers and neither do Latinos.
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Ortho
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:46pmExactly
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:58pmEast
He’s mine – i loved him first! Judge napalitano makes romney look like karl marx
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resme
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 7:03pmDamn right! I love listening to the “Judge”. He must carry on the Liberty Banner. He conveys the message of liberty so well. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JUDGE RUN FOR PRESIDENT!
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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:28pmBy 2016 it really won’t matter. Lets be honest with ourselves.
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momrules
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:34pmI agree 2Minutes. People are assuming that America will still be having election in 2016. Personally I believe that Obama will be our last president and our first dictator.
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riseandshine
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:39pmI’m not sure we had an election THIS year, with all the electronic voting machines that were used.
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justangry
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:45pmNah, we made it through Wilson and FDR. They were worse. The economy will probably collapse, but in the end that will probably be what’s needed for us to return to our roots. The GOP really needs to shift back towards liberty and individualism though. We’re still Americans. We’ve just strayed a bit from our founding principles. (well a lot, but…)
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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:04pmANGRY: The world today is not the same as the days of Wilson or FDR. Furthermore, I am fully confident that the country could and would survive an incompetent moron in the White House; however, BO is more than an incompetent moron, he is an evil maggot determined to destroy the country. We are not up against a bad president with bad ideas, we are up against a true enemy of the country. Big difference than Wilson or FDR.
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NOTALOTTAYITTAYADDA
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:05pmR&S Please enlighten us to your beliefs as to what happened sep of 01′. You constantly tell everybody not to believe the laws of physics or deny the balanced equations of chemistry. IMO you POSSE as a “truther” to spread disinformation, yet you don’t understand basic concepts in metallurgy like tension force. Any eng can tell you concrete can not carry a tension load. This is how the B-25 that struck the Empire St bld in 45′ was able to knock a hole in the side. Every picture taken from the inside shows an intact secondary (interior) wall, just an example of how we know the airframe never penetrated the building and fell to the street (actually a lower terrace).
@JUSTANGRY Absolutely agree, things will have to get worse b
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Individualism
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:19pmRand Paul 2016, Bob Mocdonnel has issues but he has a record at-least.
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Simonne
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:45amI suspect the same thing as the electorate is different. The blacks, hispanics & libs are the majority now so the Republican party better find its way back & no far right extremist. No other candidate could have done better than Romney & he still lost. Rubio is the best as he would be able to attract more Hispanics but even then I don’t know. I definitely don’t want Christie as he is a good governor but he hurt Romney badly. Complimenting Obama is one thing but he went overboard. Hell, the guy even cried when he met or talked to (can’t remember which) to Springsteen. Springsteen has dissed him in the past.
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Psalm_119_10
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:27pmReally? Thinking about the election of 2016 already? Lets give it a rest. Republican Party will put anyone THEY choose not what the conservative people choose. They chose McCain – BUST. They chose Romney – BUST. Give the Americans a true Conservative.
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702TruthSeeker
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:17pmin 2016 we’ll all be asking “what’s the usa?”
agenda 21 is here
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JedEkert
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:13pmIt looked to me like the leftist media were choosing the Republican nominees most likely to loose against Obama. We let them do it twice.
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U.N.hater
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:27pmNone of the above are you INSANE? The GoP is DONE! I will never ever vote against the constitution again…Tea party my a$$! These people voted for NDAA and Jeb Bush REALLY? i mean f-ing REALLY? We are so done if this is where you think we need to go….No more progressive BS!
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Small World
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:25pmWay, way too soon to go there, Bush are you serious? Big progressive.
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U.N.hater
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:28pmEither Glenn gets with the constitution or i’m done with him also. No more progressives!
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Ohio Guy
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:25pmJohn Kasich Governor of Ohio.
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Pontiaku
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 9:53pmJohn Kasich, are you serious? He’s big fat RINO. I had to vote for Ken Matesz because Kasich is so bad on gun rights and foreign trade he made me sick to my stomach.
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:42amPontiaku
Actually, prior to being governor, Kasich rated a B+ from the NRA. He’s had one really bad gun vote in the 1990′s, clearly, but has since absolved himself. For example, he signed the concealed carry in restaurants bill last year (they banned CHL holders from going to restaurants that served alcohol in any form, now we’re free to walk in as long as we don’t drink alcohol). He’s also been on board with other pro-2nd amendment issues in the state. I’ve spoken to him at length face to face and he really is not anti-gun.
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surf0766
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:24pmIt is way to early to even think this.
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Jenasus
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:24pmIf there is another election. Obama will be a dictator by than if he remains in office and is not impeached and charged with treason for Benghazi.
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Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 8:29pmThat won’t happen because the winner of the election last night was Barack Obama the real guy who actually exists, not Barack Obama the imaginary monster that lives in your head.
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goahead.makemyday
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:01pmThe four people who died in Benghazi were real too. Or do yo believe that was a false claim and the four guys are hiding out some where after using plastic surgery to create four(did we recover the ambassadors body?) identical bodies. Obama has yet to explain WHY they A) repeatedly refused requests for more aid and B) NEVER sent aid when it was likely an attack would happen OR when it started.
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Schteveo
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:13pmBut Chet, the Barack Obama who was POTUS on 9-11-12 is the same Barack Obama who won the election. There is no talk of monsters, just the man who occupied the office.
He’s gone back and forth, his people have gone back and forth, the stories have gone back and forth on what happened, when it happened and who gave what orders or who failed to give what orders. As I recall, when GWB was POTUS, the MSM many on the Left thought he was personally guilty of murder JUST because he sent troops into Iraq and Afghanistan. They said that he was responsible for both the lives of our military as well as the citizens of those two countries.
Now we’ve got an Administration that seemingly refused repeated requests from both CIA operatives, with prior spec ops training, and prior requests from the Ambassador himself in the weeks leading up to that day.
The only monsters sir, are the ones who hide the truth from a country that at one time used it for everyone’s benefit. Why is it the truth that Nixon and Bush were horrible men for their wars, but Obama is a great man in spite of his wars? Other than the obvious, that no Democrat President is ever held to the same standards during nor after any wars they start or take part in.
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Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 1:31amOkay, so at a time when lots of our embassies were under attack, all but one of them by unruly mobs of civilian protesters, the President didn’t order a counterattack against the one group that turned out to be a serious threat. It was probably the right call. If we had shot all those guys, the rest of the world would never have believed that they were anything more than another crowd of protesters. They would have burned down a bunch of our embassies and killed way more than four people. Thank God Barack Obama was our President that day. We only lost four people and didn’t start another war. Good job, Mr. President!
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AJAYW
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:23pmMaybe they can have 8 or 10 again and let them distory themselves like this year. No faith in the party anymore…
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wvernon1981
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:23pmI was only joking last night when I said the next election talk would begin today.
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justangry
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:22pmLOL Blaze Most people learn not to piss on an electric fence after the first time.
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AverageLibertarian
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:47pmThey still dont get it..lol
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:54pmthey dont mind eating their own either
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Rob1231
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:22pmTime for a viable third party. Our party has failed us too many times.
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:52amNo “third party” is viable yet, the creation of viability is going to take effort. That said, the closest to viability is the Libertarian Party. They have 40+ years of framework built under them, a pretty decent fund raising apparatus, a large field of actual respectable looking and sounding candidates, and a message that is increasingly becoming what people want to hear. Fact is, a lot of tea party/libertarian types didn’t vote for Romney because Romney is a clear progressive RINO. Hate to say it like that, he may be the nicest guy in the world personally, but he never comfortably delivered a true pro-liberty message. The GOP lost without the libertarian base support. The LP is sitting there, ready. Yes, they need to tailor their message a bit (not the principles though), and that’s where professional GOP-libertarian types can come in and help. Given just a few short years and the LP can put the GOP out of business AND send the Democrats running. Anti-war, pro-economic freedom, pro-gun and not wanting to snoop in people’s bedrooms is a BIG desire for most in these united States.
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Freedomluver
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:03pm@GhostOfJefferson
I voted Libertarian partially to send the Republican party a message, but mostly because I will never vote for a party who is hell bent on trampling on the Bill of Rights. The Reps are doomed if they don’t wake up to the fact that the vast majority of their base has had enough of their police state they are hell bent on building.
I also agree that the Reps need to lighten up on social issues, but only to a certain point. I can’t justify what I see as outright murder, nor can the majority of the party base, but then again you have buffoons like Aiken and Murdock making fools of us as well.
Perhaps the days of the Rep party are truly over and it may well be that the only way to credibly switch major platform issues is to simply join the Libertarians. They are closer to my ideology personally, and it would look mighty strange to the electorate to witness such major policy swings in the Rep party while still remaining believable to independents.
The question is, how on earth can you get the Reps to joins us?
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conman404
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:22pmAllen West!
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:22pmSo we plan on the Republicans losing in 2016 as well?
Rand Paul kinda looks like Danny Kaye,So what are his chances or winning the Popularity Contest?
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Individualism
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:35pmgreater than the others because his platform reaches across democrat and independent voters and if he can show that hes not bought and paid for which so far hes not it will encourage non voters to vote for him as well. the neo con war platform is not popular at all demonstrated by a loss against the worst president in American history.
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Danny78
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 10:51amRand Paul’s credibility took a hit this election……. He is not his Father. My money says the GOP has learned nothing and will need a few more whippings. They will continue to force their flavor of religion and morality on everyone for a few more years……..
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smokeysmoke
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:21pmrand paul!!!
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CONSERVATIVE1979
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:21pmYes, you are missing Jay Severin’s thoughts. http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/life-after-america/
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The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:21pmJeb Bush and Chris Christie can pound sand…with a steel mallet.
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Cibolo
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:29pmThe entire Bush family should be indited for the mass murder that took place on 9 11 2001 and the subsequent genocide that took place in Iraq!
Research: AE911TRUTH
9 11 “WAS” an inside job!!!!
People LIE (Mass Media, Politicians, Bankers, Etc)
Laws of Physics Don’t
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riseandshine
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:38pmThat it was, Cibolo.
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goahead.makemyday
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:06pmCIBOLO give me a website that has verifiable references from certified experts in the pertaining fields of study and I promise to give it a fair look.
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Schteveo
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:53pmMy son is a professional blaster by trade and training. It would have taken several TONS of explosives in those buildings to bring them down. AND there’s not an explosive out there that could have survived the burning avgas. Not to mention all the wiring needed to set off explosives in buildings that size. And any wiring would have been torn to shreds by the planes. I know that much from reading and watching the Discovery Channel, one wire loose will screw up everything down the line. So there were no explosives.
Or Cibolo, would you have us believe that tens of thousands of NYers were fooled with sfx and lights and mirrors, that two planes didn’t really fly into those buildings?
I’m no big supporter of GWB, but I’m no big supporter of schlock science and blowhards who spout internet idiocy either. You’ll spout off with an internet myth, support it from safety and ease under a false name and drag people along with the weakest kinds of proof. People are talking about the future and you tar Jeb Bush with the supposed deeds of his brother. Would YOU stand for any crimes YOUR brother has or might have done?
This discussion was about America’s future, not your imagined past. Face it, you had no proof on 9/12 when that foolish twaddle started circulating, you’ve had no proof since, and you’ll have no proof in the future. I doubt you’ll change any minds in here, but you may yet.
And God help those who follow men like you, along such road lies many
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AverageLibertarian
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:20pmAnyone other than Rand Paul will lead to another Republican defeat.
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:23pmRepublicans do not want to win.Why? I Dont know.
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AverageLibertarian
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:29pmTheir way of thinking is over. Until they embrace Libertarianism, they will fade away….
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justangry
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:35pmReally, you’d think they’d have a clue by now after the string of duds they keep putting up there and of course the ass whipping from last night from a terrible president. It’s really quite simple. The GOP must embrace a Liberty candidate or it will LOSE. Sorry warmongering social reformers. Your time has come and gone.
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Nancys Red Diaper Doper Babies
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:56pmWe’re past the tipping point. How many more people will Obama get hooked on government dependence? The 47% will soon become the 60%. The Republic is a thing of the past, welcome to democracy, err I mean mob rule.
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Individualism
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:27pmPaul Lepage?
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pamelaja
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:08pmI disagree big time. Rand Paul would not be able to swing the independants. Susanna Martinez — GOP should go for it, and make sure Michael Steele is running the ground game to get out the vote.
We are still powerful, don’t beleive the lie! We won 50 million votes = half the country. The military vote was disallowed, again and again and again…ever heard of military bases in Florida and Virginia?
A #1 must = don’t drag out the GOP primaries, that allowed the Dems to get a head start.
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ewoodard
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:19pmThis is a waste of time. Do we really want to find a younger person to get outvoted?
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1TrueOne55
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:26pmI would have voted Ron Paul if the Republicans would have picked him and a lot of younger voters would have also. The GOP needs to grow a pair and look to the younger guns in the party and quit giving in to the rich elites like the Rothchilds and Rockefellers etc or there will be another party on the horizon to take over…
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AverageLibertarian
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 5:38pmRon Paul’s way of thinking is the future. If the current base of Republicans wish to continue in their ways then there is no hope for the party since there is not enough of them to win the election.
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Chromo200
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 6:45pmThe Republican Party will be relegated to a minor party. This country will be one party system. You can’t fight Santa
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