Viable Republican Presidential Candidates for 2016

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Thune, Jeb, Brownback, Mitt, Cantor

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I think George Allen should climb back on the horse.

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I think George Allen should climb back on the horse.

Allen is too damaged by Macacagate to be a good Presidential candidate and he'd need to return to elected office before running for President. Unfortunately for him, there are no elected offices where he would easily get elected.

That might actually help him in the SC primary and it wouldn't matter in the Iowa primary.  I'm sure he'll win a large percentage of the Jewish vote if he was the presidential candidate since he's half Jewish on his mother's side.

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And non sarcastically, you will have Romney because that is all he knows how to do. He will run, and run, and run, no matter what, and keep changing his persona to fit the bill.

I can see him running in every election from 2008-2024. If he lives an extremely long life (as is common with Mormons) you could see him running in the 2030s.

I'm actually surprised he is not RNC chairman, that would help him win over the evangelical leaders, possibly.

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And non sarcastically, you will have Romney because that is all he knows how to do. He will run, and run, and run, no matter what, and keep changing his persona to fit the bill.

I can see him running in every election from 2008-2024. If he lives an extremely long life (as is common with Mormons) you could see him running in the 2030s.

I'm actually surprised he is not RNC chairman, that would help him win over the evangelical leaders, possibly.

RNC Chairmen typically don't run for President. You can't manage your party and run a Presidential campaign at the same time without doing a bad job.

Are you aware that RNC chairman is only for 2 years?  He could have run against Steele.

GHWB served as chairman before he ran against reagan in 1980