Who would make the best Republican President?

[Blair]

Brian Sandoval?

[Rockefeller GOP]

Brian Sandoval?

He'd be the best, followed by Kasich.

[Maxwell]

For someone who I think will push what I believe in the White House? Rand Paul

For someone who I think will do an admirable job, even if I don't agree with a lot of what he does? John Kasich

[Maxwell]

For someone who I think will push what I believe in the White House? Rand Paul

For someone who I think will do an admirable job, even if I don't agree with a lot of what he does? John Kasich

I have a very low opinion on politicians, which is why I could possibly stomach candidates like Rubio if they ran for governor. However, you could stomach and admire Kasich as a president?

I feel like, unlike Rubio, I feel like Kasich is one of few Republicans who could handle the rigors of being President.

[Comrade Funk]

Jeb Bush. The fact that he's the best Republican tells a lot about the modern Republican Party.

[Blair]

Funny how 10 years ago Jeb Bush would be seen as being on the relative right on the GOP, most moderates would scoff. Where as now he's the moderate, compromise candidate

[Maxwell]

Funny how 10 years ago Jeb Bush would be seen as being on the relative right on the GOP, most moderates would scoff. Where as now he's the moderate, compromise candidate

Nah. I mean, maybe to the right of Rudy Giuliani and John McCain, but come on, he would've been in the center of the GOP.

That's barely even true 20 years ago.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

While Sarah Palin hasn't stated outright she isn't running, it's pretty much assumed she's only going to Republican Party events to keep her name in the press and has no intention of actually becoming a candidate.

That's also true of Huckabee and Trump.

[Rockefeller GOP]

Funny how 10 years ago Jeb Bush would be seen as being on the relative right on the GOP, most moderates would scoff. Where as now he's the moderate, compromise candidate

Nah. I mean, maybe to the right of Rudy Giuliani and John McCain, but come on, he would've been in the center of the GOP.

That's barely even true 20 years ago.

Exactly.  There's a difference between saying the GOP has lost a lot of moderate members since the '70s and '80s and saying the GOP was less conservative back then.  Conservatives are louder and have more power in today's GOP, but I'd argue that the level of conservatism in the platform, especially rhetoric about business regulation and individual tax burden, has stayed more or less the same for several decades.

[Blair]

Funny how 10 years ago Jeb Bush would be seen as being on the relative right on the GOP, most moderates would scoff. Where as now he's the moderate, compromise candidate

Nah. I mean, maybe to the right of Rudy Giuliani and John McCain, but come on, he would've been in the center of the GOP.

That's barely even true 20 years ago.

I just mean, the way that 95% of 2016 candidates talk about it it's like he's a liberal or something. In the 2008 primaries apart from the SOCON's he's probably be on the right of the party

[NeverAgain]

Will the 3 Voters of a Alaskan Governor please pick her up at the front desk. She has just been bought off as Donald Trump's new apprentice.

[Flake]

the answer is obviously ted nugent

[NeverAgain]

We will have to worry about Monica getting his cat scratch fever.

[Maxwell]

Yes, the GOP has gone rightward. But it's not nearly as immediate as most say. It has been a very gradual change. Bush still would've been the immigration supporting establishment candidate that would've been bashed by the base in 2008 even if his brother hadn't bungled the Presidency.

It's ever since Obama has been President that the base has been a lot louder than in previous years.

[Beet]

Wow, Bush, Kasich, and Paul tied at 25 each.

[Del Tachi]

Jeb Bush is the best on this list, but there are some glaring omissions. 

[Xing]

Jeb Bush. The fact that he's the best Republican tells a lot about the modern Republican Party.

[IceSpear]

Kasich and Paul I guess.