Who WILL BE the GOP nominee for President?

[dudeabides]

Who WILL BE the GOP nominee for President in 2016?

[Cory]

It's gonna be Walker.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

It's gonna be Walker.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Yea, I agree its Walkers to lose at this point.

[Thunderbird is the word]

It's gonna be Walker.

[WVdemocrat]

Walker has stabilized. He isn't surging anymore, he might have peaked too soon. That remains to be seen.

If I had to guess, it'll probably be a three-way race between Bush, Walker, and Rubio. Bush has the advantage (not a narrow one, but not a comfortable one either - he will have to fight to win), and I'd say Walker narrowly edges out Rubio for 2nd (right now, that is).

If you ask me, Bush has the advantage, but if he hasn't won anything before Florida (or including Florida - that would kill his campaign), then he will not be the nominee.

[m4567]

Scott Walker.

[CountryClassSF]

Jeb.

[Mr. Morden]

If you ask me, Bush has the advantage, but if he hasn't won anything before Florida (or including Florida - that would kill his campaign), then he will not be the nominee.

Florida's not until March 15th: After Super Tuesday, and after at least 20 states have already held their primaries or caucuses.  There's a decent chance that the race will already be decided by then.  Bush would probably need to have won at least ~five or so primaries by that time if he's still in it, not just one.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Given that Bush has earned an "F" in "Not Resembling your Brother", Walker is the frontrunner for now.

[Beet]

All of these prediction threads are just going to be fodder for the inevitable sneering come two years from now and afterwards.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Who WILL BE the GOP nominee for President in 2016?

Scott Walker

[Xing]

It's all speculation at this point, but my guess is either Rubio or Walker. So much for electability being important.

[Flake]

One of the first six people you've listed.

[King]

Whoever gaffes last

[Slander and/or Libel]

Still Bush. If this whole thing with the Iraq War had happened six months from now, I'd be significantly less confident in that.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Either Walker or Rubio most likely

[bobloblaw]

It's all speculation at this point, but my guess is either Rubio or Walker. So much for electability being important.

You think Bush is more electable?

[The Other Castro]

There are only three possible people that I could realistically see winning at this point: Walker, Rubio, and Kasich (loosely in that order of likelihood).

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Scott Walker

[MATTROSE94]

In a ideal scenerio, John Kasich would be the best choice for the Republican nomination, as he has an excellent record as Governor of Ohio (with the exception of some controversy surrounding his handling of the collective bargaining rights of public sector Union), has arguably the most experienced out of all the prospective candidates, and has governed in a way that puts results and moderation ahead of the ideological purity that many in the Republican Party such as Ted Cruz feel is more important.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Governor Walker will be the opponent; but all of them seem beatable now, since Jeb made that gaffee on Iraq.

They arent singing from the same chorus on Iraq; which was a mistake.

Now, Koch bros will have another Paul Ryan

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

I don't know. Of the "running" crowd, it's Bush, Walker or Rubio; the others can't be taken seriously. And while I know its early, Bush and Walker have been uninspiring with a number of minor stumbles, and Rubio has little buzz. So it sort of does come down to "he who self-destructs last" as the candidate.

[Xing]

It's all speculation at this point, but my guess is either Rubio or Walker. So much for electability being important.

You think Bush is more electable?

More electable than Walker or Rubio. Kasich is probably the most electable, though.

[RINO Tom]

Johnny K.  That's right!