Heinrich-Schweitzer vs Christie-Jindal

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

How would a ticket with NM Senator Martin Heinrich and MT Governor Brian Schweitzer do against NJ Governor Chris Christie and LA Governor Bobby Jindal?

Heinrich-Schweitzer 191
Christie-Jindal 177
Tossup 170

Heinrich-Schweitzer 265
Christie-Jindal 273

[Tayya]

R pickup FL, OH, VA from 2012. Tiny Heinrich win. MT, NJ closer but won't flip.

[badgate]

I don't get the obsession with giving Christie PA either. Though he'd be competitive there for sure. Same with Arizona for any Democrat...it's not like a pen that's about to drop

[homelycooking]

"Heinrich-Schweitzer? We're selling a Presidency, for Christ's sake, not an imported lager."

[tmthforu94]

I had a vision earlier today where I saw Heinrich speaking to large crowds...

I hereby predict that he will be on the 2016 Democratic Presidential ticket.

[Zioneer]

I think it'd be the other way around (Schweitzer-Heinrich), but I'd say they win comfortably, maybe even more than Obama did in 2008. Both of them have a rural appeal, which could win even non-rural Republicans.

[Cobbler]

I don't understand the hype of Heinrich.

[minionofmidas]

I don't think there'd be a ticket of two Mountain Democrats with German names. There'd be some degree of "balance" brought by the VP candidate.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I don't understand the hype of Heinrich.

He's young, I guess.

[bballrox4717]

I don't get the obsession with giving Christie PA either. Though he'd be competitive there for sure. Same with Arizona for any Democrat...it's not like a pen that's about to drop

I don't know if Christie would win Pennsylvania in 2016, but he could easily turn it into an Ohio-type swing state in 2016. He gets a lot of favorable press in Philly due it's proximity to New Jersey. I also think NJ would flip if Christie runs. That's why he's so dangerous; he's the only northeast Republican capable of winning any northeastern states.

I agree about Arizona being fool's gold for Democrats in 2016. 2020 might be different, depending on how demographics turn with the large population increases there.

[Wyoming Conservative]

CHRISTIE/JINDAL ALL THE WAY!!! and they'd win the general with ease.

[Unimog]

This:

DEM 245
GOP 219
TOS   74

[King]

Heinrich sounds like a gay man in speeches.  America isn't ready.

[Wyoming Conservative]

Heinrich sounds like a gay man in speeches.  America isn't ready.

This made me lol.

[BluegrassBlueVote]

Christie-Jindal as long as Bobby doesn't open his mouth. Heinrich won't run yet.

[Maxwell]

Arizona, even with a Southeastern Dem. nominee, is still lean R. Pennsylvania will still be won by the Dem, even with Christie. I also doubt Minnesota will be a battleground.

I do also doubt Minnesota will be a battleground, but I think with the right Republican in the right time, it could be. Against Heinrich-Schweitzer, no, but against O'Malley/Crist... oh yeah I think Minnesota is competitive!

[Nichlemn]

Is Schweitzer really so strong that he could swing Montana even as the VP, whereas Christie at the top of the ticket couldn't swing NJ or even PA? I guess Montana is a small, elastic state, but still.

[minionofmidas]

Is Schweitzer really so strong that he could swing Montana even as the VP, whereas Christie at the top of the ticket couldn't swing NJ or even PA? I guess Montana is a small, elastic state, but still.

It's also more marginal than New Jersey.