2016 Primary Endorsements megathread.

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538 has an interesting system of comparing endorsements.  Current Governors are worth 10 points, Senators are worth 5 points, and representatives are worth 1 point.  The logic being that with 435 representatives, 100 Senators, and 50 governors, each office has roughly equal weight.

By this metric we have:

Republicans:
Jeb Bush: 18 points
Rand Paul: 12 points
Chris Christie: 10 points
Mike Huckabee: 10 points
Ted Cruz: 5 points
Lindsey Graham: 5 points
Scott Walker: 2 points
Marco Rubio: 1 point
Rick Santorum: 1 point

Democrats:
Hillary Clinton: 133 points

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So Christie is now the nominal endorsement leader, with a whopping 24 points.  It seems like he's getting significant support from fellow governors.

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The establishment really is blowing it.  Primaries are supposed to test and weed out candidates.  Rubio blew it.  Can you imagine what would have happened if Sanders or Clinton (or basically any other candidate in any other year?) messed up the way Rubio did in a debate?

Go ahead.  Nominate Rubio, a candidate that has done nothing to prove himself and quite a bit to prove he can't handle the pressure of a campaign.