5 most likely people to become the 45th POTUS?

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1. Biden
2. New VP (Bayh, Warner, etc.) (if they get a new VP, 50% sure)
3. Romney
4. Warner
5. Jindal

107. Palin

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1) Biden
2) Palin
3) Warner
4) Jindal
5) Schweitzer

intresting... I disagree with palin though, she has to reinvent herself and Obama has to be terrible

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Dems
1. Warner
2. Biden
3. Schweitzer
4. Bayh

Gop
1. Romney
2. Jindal
3. Palin
4. Huckabee

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I'm a Warner Fan! Atlasians should have a Warner Fan Club!

(just floating the idea)

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I liked it, But I like Schweitzer's the best.  FLORIDA! STAND UP! MICHIGAN! STAND UP!

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: I really don't think Mark Warner will ever be president.

Politicians don't just stay "fresh" for decades. People on this forum seem to always think that the major figures in 2020 are going to be the same people who are prominent today, as if they never age.

Maybe in India or France. Not in the U.S.

I wouldn't rule anything out, but it's more that likely that in 2016, most of the major prospective candidates on either side will be people who just won their first major race this year or are only going to win their first major race in two years, in 2010.


The 2010 class of governors may well supply some major candidates, especially from larger states: I plan to watch the governorships of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and California.

true, that is true. But Warner isn't exactly "Prominent" Only Political hacks like us and Virginians Know about him.

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To continue the trend of not-so-obvious names, what about Beau Biden, presuming that he wins the 2010 DE special election and is subsequently reelected in 2014?

I forgot about that guy. Yes he could be president. Definitely.

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I happen to think, oddly, that a republican will be elected governor of illinois in '10

PATRICK FITZGERALD FOR GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS IN '10.

you heard it here first.

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how about Steve Poizner? he will be elected to be Governor of California in 2010, and is an honest, capable public servant. Maybe he will run in 2020, but he is charismatic, and a more sucessful buisnessman the Mitt Romney.