October 29, 201510 yr Talking with friend today on which four of the ten candidates in the third GOP presidential debate will be left standing after the initial round of primaries. Do Carson and Trump have staying power? Is Rubio the GOP's best (young) bet to derail Hillary? Can we expect a resurgence from Paul or Christie? Do Huckabee or Fiorina have a legitimate shot? Post your final four choices. My final four list: Bush (money man) Rubio (new kid on block) Trump (favorite of the disenchanted) Christie (my darkhorse choice)
October 29, 201510 yr I'm with you on your first three. I wish your fourth was right too, but I think Christie wasted his moment, which was in 2012. If I had to pick a fourth, I'd probably go with Cruz because he's so conservative. Of the group, Rubio is the most electable IMO.
October 29, 201510 yr Author I'm with you on your first three. I wish your fourth was right too, but I think Christie wasted his moment, which was in 2012. If I had to pick a fourth, I'd probably go with Cruz because he's so conservative. Of the group, Rubio is the most electable IMO. I agree that Rubio might be Hillary's toughest challenger. I went with Christie over Cruz for the fourth spot because I think Cruz and Trump both appeal to the same type of voter, and as long as Trump remains in the race, Cruz could be playing backup. Christie might appeal more to Republicans in Eastern blue states.
October 29, 201510 yr Big key is who has the money? Obviously Bush and Trump but after that who is collecting contributions in large enough amounts to stay in?
October 29, 201510 yr Author Money raised by presidential candidates (in millions of dollars), according to N.Y. Times. The two that surprised me somewhat were Cruz and Sanders. Bush -- 133.3 Hillary -- 97.7 Cruz -- 64.9 Rubio -- 47.7 Sanders -- 41.5 Carson -- 31.6 Christie -- 18.6 Paul -- 16.4 Kasich -- 16.1 Fiorina -- 12 Jindal -- 9.9 Huckabee -- 7.7 Graham -- 7.7 Trump -- 5.8 O'Malley -- 3.6 (Rest of the candidates have raised $1.3 million or less) Walker dropped out having raised $33.6 million; Perry dropped out after raising $15.3 million. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/election-2016-campaign-money-race.html?_r=0
October 29, 201510 yr I think Cruz and Trump both appeal to the same type of voter, and as long as Trump remains in the race, Cruz could be playing backup. Good point. I was thinking more of his conservatism & war chest.
October 29, 201510 yr Rubio and Bush for sure unless Bush becomes so joyless that he takes his Fan Duel and goes home to mama and papi, who will undoubtedly leave a couple of his thousand points of light on for Jeb. Cruz is the smartest of the bunch and has appeal to the nutty element which seems to have taken over the party. He also has a good bit of cash on hand. If Trump doesn't do or say something to disqualify himself he has a shot since he appeals to the party's many xenophobes, who love their walls. Carson will eventually say something so stupid that even Beach Boy Brian Wilson will say, "this guy's nuts." Look for him to say something like he has bats in his pantry and one of them speaks to him with the voice of Ellen G. White or that he would like to replace the Supreme Court justices with nine robots that look identical to Paula Deen.
October 29, 201510 yr Money raised by presidential candidates (in millions of dollars), according to N.Y. Times. The two that surprised me somewhat were Cruz and Sanders. Bush -- 133.3 Hillary -- 97.7 Cruz -- 64.9 Rubio -- 47.7 Sanders -- 41.5 Carson -- 31.6 Christie -- 18.6 Paul -- 16.4 Kasich -- 16.1 Fiorina -- 12 Jindal -- 9.9 Huckabee -- 7.7 Graham -- 7.7 Trump -- 5.8 O'Malley -- 3.6 (Rest of the candidates have raised $1.3 million or less) Walker dropped out having raised $33.6 million; Perry dropped out after raising $15.3 million. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/election-2016-campaign-money-race.html?_r=0 Who in the hell would give Bobby Jindal a dollar besides the manager of the local Dunkin Donuts or Economy Inn? I've always found him hard to listen to... very disingenuous and self-promoting(I know, like most all politicians). He just has never appealed to me. He has the charisma of bowl of plain oatmeal, minus the bowl.
October 29, 201510 yr Rubio and Bush for sure unless Bush becomes so joyless that he takes his Fan Duel and goes home to mama and papi, who will undoubtedly leave a couple of his thousand points of light on for Jeb. Cruz is the smartest of the bunch and has appeal to the nutty element which seems to have taken over the party. He also has a good bit of cash on hand. If Trump doesn't do or say something to disqualify himself he has a shot since he appeals to the party's many xenophobes, who love their walls. Carson will eventually say something so stupid that even Beach Boy Brian Wilson will say, "this guy's nuts." Look for him to say something like he has bats in his pantry and one of them speaks to him with the voice of Ellen G. White or that he would like to replace the Supreme Court justices with nine robots that look identical to Paula Deen. You should have your own column or blog. This stuff is hilarious! Why aren't you ripping candidates on the other side and being this funny? Oh yeah, forgot those folks are perfect. :sarcastic: Seriously, it IS funny stuff. And quit using big words like "xenophobes" that we have to look up. That's just too weird and foreign!
October 29, 201510 yr You should have your own column or blog. This stuff is hilarious! Why aren't you ripping candidates on the other side and being this funny? Oh yeah, forgot those folks are perfect. :sarcastic: Seriously, it IS funny stuff. And quit using big words like "xenophobes" that we have to look up. That's just too weird and foreign! LOL. You think there is material enough to rip on the Donkey side? I think there is plenty of material there to work with as well, don't you? There's just not as many of them. May see what I can do.
October 29, 201510 yr People forget Rubio and Bush have similar donors. One is going to be forced out by those donors so they can put full support behind the other. Bush may be stubborn and wait until NH results. But he is as good as done. Final four as much as it pains me to leave Paul off. Trump Rubio Fironia Cruz. Cruz is going to win over a lot of Carson support I predict.
October 29, 201510 yr I'd also add Cruz is an exceptional debater and it showed up in a big way last night. I've stated on here before the left tries to paint him as crazy. But when he gets a National stage to explain his positions and actions few are his peer. More nights like last night Cruz name will be climbing the charts.
October 29, 201510 yr What are the candidates spending their money on, setting up their organizations in the different states? I have yet to see or hear an ad for anyone.
October 29, 201510 yr Money is being spent in key early states...Most candidates hope it's over before it gets to Kentucky...We may see little of that money spent here.
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