Talk Elections

Let's just assume for a minute that Obama is re-elected. Name your top three personal choices (the individual you want to win the nomination) for President in 2016.

For me...

1) Rick Santorum
2) Chris Christie
3) Marco Rubio

1- Allen West
2- Marco Rubio
3- Rick Santorum

This is out of the likely candidates...

1) Sherrod Brown
2) Joe Biden
3) Brian Schweitzer

Republicans:

1) Chris Christie
2) Scott Brown
3) Marco Rubio

Honourable mentions:

Susana Martinez, Rand Paul, Pat Toomey, Mike Huckabee, John Thune

Democrats:

1) Cory Booker
2) Brian Schweitzer
3) Andrew Cuomo

Honourable mentions:

Martin O'Malley, Mark Warner, John Hickenlooper, Dan Malloy, Deval Patrick

I specified top three because I'd have a ton of honorable mentions (with Toomey included in mine, too)! :P

Honestly, I'll probably have a very difficult time choosing one Republican in 2016 :P Depending on where I go to college, I might vote strategically based on what state I'm living in.

Of the people likely to run...

1. Brian Schweitzer
2. Martin O'Malley
3. Sherrod Brown
4. Joe Biden (would be #1 or #2 if he weren't so old)
5. Claire McCaskill

1. Mitt Romney
2. Chris Christie
3. Mitch Daniels

1. Brian Schweitzer
2. Andrew Cuomo
3. Cory Booker (if elected to the Senate in 2014)

Of any of the likely candidates, Rand Paul would be the closest, and I doubt I could even support him given his descent into Republican hackishness.

1) Brian Schweitzer
2) Russ Feingold
3) Rand Paul

Honorable mentions: Jeff Flake, Mike Lee, Nikki Haley, John Lynch, John Kitzhaber, Jim Webb, Jon Tester.

Republicans:
1) Jon Huntsman
2) Chris Christie
3) Jeb Bush

Honorable Mentions: Scott Brown would be 3 if he ran.


Democrats:
1) Brian Schweitzer
2) Andrew Cuomo
3) Mark Warner

Honorable Mentions: Cory Booker would be 3 if he ran.

I honestly can not think of one current politician I would want to be president.

1) Susana Martinez
2) Condoleezza Rice
3) Chris Christie

1) Susana Martinez
2) Jeb Bush
3) Chris Christie
4) Hillary Clinton

Republicans
1. Jeb Bush
2. Brian Sandoval
3. Susana Martinez

Democrats
1. Brian Schweitzer
2. Andrew Cuomo
3. Martin O'Malley

1) Paul Ryan
2) Bobby Jindal
3) Mike Pence

Schweitzer, Cuomo, Gillibrand, or Klobuchar. Aside from Schweitzer I can't really narrow the rest down to a number.

1. Mitt Romney (Reelection)
2. Paul Ryan
3. Marco Rubio
4. Susanna Martinez
5. Scott Walker
6. Rand Paul 

1. Sherrod Brown
2. Joe Biden
3. John Hickenlooper

I like Michael Bennet, Martin O'Malley, Jon Huntsman, Brian Schweitzer and Hillary Clinton, too.

Those who I think will run....

1. Schweitzer
2. Hickenlooper
3. O'Malley

No names.

I'm looking for someone who can credibly make campaign finance / crony capitalism the top issue, or a woman.

Jeb Bush
Condi Rice
Paul Ryan

I would like to see a Jeb Bush/Condi Rice ticket under this scenario.

This. Exactly this.

Based on previous posts, I'd say.

1. Sherrod Brown
2. Russ Feingold
3. Brian Schweitzer

Gillibrand?

Ah, for Democrats. None of these could ever run, but I'll list them anyways, in no particular order.

1. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
2. Tom Carper (D-DE)
3. Jim Webb (D-VA)

My personal choices would be...

1) Scott Brown
2) David Petraeus
3) Susanna Martinez

Honorable mention to John Huntsman.

1) Condi Rice
2) Marco Rubio
3) George Allen (if he wins his old Senate seat back)
4) Roy Blunt (know he won't run, only a dream...)
5) Kay Bailey Hutchison (see above)

1. Chris Christie
2. Rand Paul
3. Andrew Cuomo or Brian Schweitzer

1. Brian Schweitzer
2. Andrew Cuomo
3. Hillary Clinton

Dems:

1.Gillibrand
2.Schweitzer
3.O'Malley

1. Chris Christie
2. Condoleeza Rice
3. Susana Martinez

Honorable Mention: Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Brian Sandoval

Mine is almost the same as that:

1) Sherrod Brown
2) Brian Schweitzer
3) Mark Udall

And only Jon Huntsman for my Republican pick.

1) Brian Schweitzer
2) Russ Feingold
3) Michael Bennet

1. Russ Feingold
2. Elizabeth Warren
3. Sherrod Brown

Republicans
1.Chris Christie
2.Marco Rubio
3.Jon Huntsman (assuming he decides not to switch to the Democratic Party by 2016)

Democrats
1.Brian Schweitzer
2.Elizabeth Warren
3.Hillary Clinton (assuming she decides to run)

Revised and expanded.

1. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
2. Vice Pres. Joe Biden (D-Del.)
3. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
4. Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-Mont.)
5. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

Tea Party
1. Rand Paul
2. Mike Pence
3. Susan Martinez


Dems
1. Joe Manchin

GOP
1. Rick Santorum
2. Mike Huckabee
3. Mitch McConnell

Chris Christie, Rand Paul, and eh... Susana Martinez? I guess that works.

No.


No.



Aaaand no. Thanks for playing though!

Not just No but I AIN'T TOUCHING ANY OF THOSE THREE WITH A UNIVERSIAL long pole

1. Russ Feingold (not happening)
2. Brian Schweitzer
3. Sherrod Brown

Republican:
1. Rand Paul
2. Chris Christie
3. Mitch Daniels


Democratic:
1. Andrew Cuomo
2. Brian Schweitzer
3. Sherrod Brown

1.  Mark Warner
2.  Hillary Clinton
3.  Deval Patrick

1. John Kerry
2. Howard Dean
3. Hillary Clinton

Reps:

1. Chris Christie
2. Sarah Palin
3. Ron Paul

uh
no

1. Bernie Sanders (not happening)
2. Russ Feingold (also not happening)
3. Van Jones (probably also not happening)