My official 2016 GOP Ticket Prediction

[Rosco T.]

They're so screwed anyway the have a to make a desperation ticket.


Therefore




Jeb/Marco 2016

[femmocrat]

1. Possibly.....but they are from the same state.

Didn't cheney have to move back to Wyoming so he and bush wouldn't both be from Texas? I seem to remember that back behind the cobwebs that have formed since those god-awful days.

[Rosco T.]

3. Yeah, but since when did rules matter to the GOP

Mark my words, when you see Jeb move 'home' (Texas) the ticket is in the bag

[davidpdx]

13. Very true

I'm sure he has a house somewhere in Texas. If he did it the year before the election there wouldn't be much anyone could do. So, I agree it is possible.

[southernyankeebelle]

2. I don't think they will pick 2 from the same state. Maybe

NJ Gov/Robio or maybe Bush/Rand. But it doesn't matter I think a ticket like Clinton/O'Malley would be a great ticket.

[Rosco T.]

4. See above :)

[CBHagman]

37. I think bornskeptic's Bush/Martinez ticket more likely than...

...Christie/Rubio or Bush/Rand. At least at present Chris Christie would be considered too moderate for the national ticket, and Rand Paul too much of a character. They want the ticket to be photogenic in a game show host sort of way, and they'll need someone they believe will attract Latino voters.

[southernyankeebelle]

38. I think people are burnt out on Bushes.

[bornskeptic]

5. Jeb Bush/Susana Martinez

It's the only ticket that makes any sense. Of course, I hope they go with something else.

[Warpy]

27. Susana la Tejana

has kept a very low profile here in NM after her rough start in office, trying to pay the Koch boys back for the seat by issuing a fiat against all environmental regulations. She got slapped down very publicly by the courts and we've all heard few peeps out of her since then.

That doesn't mean she's any less crazy. She's still a teabagger. She's got her eye on a bigger prize, that's all.

Unfortunately, she will be re elected in 2014 since this state likes their politicians to do their jobs quietly and she's mostly done that. There are a couple of local papers raking her over the coals about her profligate spending on travel and some other spending irregularities, but I don't think that will get rid of her.

[Turbineguy]

6. I saw a Rubio sticker today.

In Everett WA.

[OmahaBlueDog]

9. I saw a Rand Paul '16 sticker yesterday

In Omaha, NE

[BlueDemKev]

7. They can't both be from the same state.

Remember, Dick Cheney had to change his voter registration from Texas to Wyoming back in 2000 before Bush, Jr. named him as his running mate.

[Rosco T.]

8. Points back to post #3 n/m

[pink-o]

16. Actually, lest we forget: Cheney was supposed to help the campaign pick a running mate

...and he chose himself. So I guess he'd plotted long before to insure he wasn't from the same state.

But he's good at the long game. He had wanted Halliburton in Iraq from 1998.

[former9thward]

19. He didn't do that.

He waited until after he was chosen. He then established residency in WY. Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution just says they can't be of the same state at the time the electoral college meets in December following the election.

[pink-o]

23. Stand corrected.

But must modify your statement to read: "He waited until after he chose himself."

I knew a Secret Service operative in 2002 who was dating my friend, and he gave me another insight into Cheney: Big Dick literally picked the entire cabinet for the first term. Bush wasn't even in the room.

Oh, dear! Are we at all surprised?"

[SteveG]

18. Not allowed by the Constitution

Amendment [XII] [1804] The electors shall meet in their respective states
and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least,
shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall
name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct
ballots the person voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct
lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as
Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall
sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the
United States

[DAVEDCHICAGO]

32. FYI... http://www.snopes.com/history/american/vicepresident.asp

It's not "not allowed" by the constitution. It's an electoral college restiriction.

[SteveG]

34. The restriction on the electoral college

is defined in the Constitution. Amendment's to the Constitution are part of the Constitution.

[karynnj]

10. Not unless they want to forfeit the FL electoral college votes

[OmahaBlueDog]

11. They have lots of viable candidates, but they also have a real self-destructive streak at the moment

I'd say this group has a 75% or better chance to run:

Rand Paul
Marco Rubio
Chris Christie
Jeb Bush
Bob McDonnell

I'd say this group has a 50% or better chance of running:

Bobby Jindal
Rick Perry
Mike Huckabee

This is a group of people who have a less than 50% chance of running, but who may get strong mention for Veep, or who may otherwise be influential in deciding on their nominee:

Dr. Ben Carson
Deb Fischer
Ted Cruz
Sarah Palin
Rick Santorum

[TeamPooka]

12. Where would you put Scott Walker and Rick Santorum on your list?

[Chan790]

17. Santorum seems hell-bent...

on leading the religious conservative exodus into the desert and away from voting unless the GOP goes back to persecuting women, homosexuals and non-Christians.

I'd say he's not on the GOP radar...but I'll be shocked if the Lord doesn't tell him to run independent with a cross or chi rho ¹ as his sigil. (He's nutty. I met him before. I even liked him on a personal level (but not his politics) and worked with him to strengthen animal-cruelty laws when I lived in PA...but he's exactly the sort that thinks God speaks to him and through him.)

1: The chi rho was the symbol Constantine saw in the clouds at the Milivan Bridge as he heard the voice of God tell him to march into battle under this symbol and claim Rome for Christianity.

[TeamPooka]

22. I knew he was nutty but didn't know he was that nutty with the God speaking thru him stuff.

I'm curious about Santorum because he's was the "2nd place " finisher to Mittens.
I cannot remember a GOP nominee field so wide open with potential candidates who did not run in the last cycle.
Usually the GOP goes with the guy whose turn it is and came in 2nd the last time.
This field of theirs full of 1st timers, wanna-be's and dark horses is just wacky.
I have no idea right now what they are going to do.

[OmahaBlueDog]

26. ..or

The traditional GOP nominates someone who isn't to the liking of the extreme wingnuts, and he ends up on a "Tea Party" ticket with someone like Sarah Palin or Ben Carson.

[OmahaBlueDog]

25. I have Santorum on the 25% list

He may become the fundy Harold Stassen - a perpetual candidate who never wins.

Scott Walker and Paul Ryan are wild cards at this point. Both might run for President, but both might be equally likely to seek Senate seats or stay in their current jobs.

[JohnnyBoots]

14. I think Cruz

Was born in Canada. So he can't run, but can play king maker.

[former9thward]

20. That has already been addressed.

He was born in Canada but his mother was a citizen. Under U.S. citizenship law he is eligible. Same as the McCain situation.

[JohnnyBoots]

21. Didn't know that.

Thanks for the tip.

[Joe Bacon]

40. Note how Orly Taitz is so silent on Cruz.

Gee, I wonder why Orly is sooooooooooo silent????

[AlinPA]

15. Santorum is a possibility, IMO.

[KennedyBrothers]

24. It's gonna be Jeb, but only if...

...he begins writing sonnets so as to balance out his brothers newfound love of painting.

[hvn_nbr_2]

28. My money's on Greed/Batshit Crazy 2016. nt

[Bake]

35. Could you please be more specific?

Batshit Crazy refers to so many GOPers these days! Bachmann? Rand Paul? Ted Cruz?

Hell, they're ALL BSC these days!



Bake

[Alva Goldbook]

29. Marco Rubio would be like Dan Quayle, Part II

Has anyone else noticed that Rubio is, well, a dumb sh*t?

[Proud Public Servant]

30. Jeb doesn't need Rubio

Jeb's got almost all the cred any GOPer is ever going to have with the Hispanic community; Rubio only adds to it incrementally, if at all. What he needs is cred with the batsh*t crazy wing of the party, and Rubio doen't get him that. Paul would, but I don't think Paul is stupid enough to ride the veep slot to obscurity. Plus, the GOP also has that pesky woman problem, which is hard but not impossible to deal with at teh same time as he deals with the crazy wing problem. So, if I had to bet, I'd bet a small amount on either Bush/Hawley or Bush/Ayotte.

[DFW]

31. Rubio doesn't want second fiddle

After all the attention and talk show appearances, I bet he is by now convinced he's such hot shit, he should top their ticket.

[Jamaal510]

33. Carson/Paul 2016

[Rosa Luxemburg]

36. They are so worried about their Latino vote

they will probably run someone who is Latino.

[Orangepeel]

39. The GOP VEEP candidate will be Ayotte or Martinez

I'm not sure who will be at the top of the ticket, but I'm betting the second slot will go to one of them.

I agree with you that the GOP will always find a way around the ruules when it suits them, but I don't see why Marco would be worth enough to Jeb to deal with the same state hassle.