Quote:Hard to believe another Presidential election isn't THAT far off.  Maybe by then the Jags will be a competitive team.


Anyway, who do you think will be the nominee for each party?  And who are you hoping for?


Some Common names being talked about:


Republicans: 

Michelle Bachmann

John R. Bolton

Jeb Bush

Herman Cain

Ben Carson

Cris Christie

Ted Cruz

Lindsey Graham

Mike Huckabee

Bobby Jindal

Peter T. King

George Pataki

Rand Paul

Mike Pence

Rick Perry

Rob Portman

Marco Rubio

Paul Ryan

Donald Trump

Mitch Daniels

Scott Walker

Bob Corker

Carly Fiorina

Bob Ehrlich

Jon Kasich

Sarah Palin

Allen West


Democrats:

Joe Biden

Jerry Brown

Hillary Clinton

Howard Dean

Joe Manchin

Marin O'Malley

Bernie Sanders

Brian Schweitzer

Jim Webb

Steve Bullock

Andrew Cuomo

Rahm Emmanuel

Russ Feingold

Al Gore

Maggie Hassan

John Hickenlooper

Amy Klobuchar

William McRaven

Janet Napalitano

Jay Nixon

Kathleen Sebellius

Anthony Villagarosa

Mark Warner


I think it'll end up being Paul Ryan vs Hillary Clinton.

 

One of the names left off of the Democrat list is Elizabeth Warren.  If there ever was a worse candidate than our current President it would be her.  There is a lot of support for her in the younger generation, and I don't think that she would have the political backing to beat Hillary Clinton for the Democrat nomination.

 

On the Republican side, I only see a handful of potential candidates that I could really get behind with enthusiasm.  Sadly, I don't see any of them having the political power to gain support from the Republican Establishment.

 

The sad truth of the matter is it seems that people (especially younger less-educated people) seem to vote for President based on a "popularity contest" rather than qualifications.

 

For me, the most important qualifications to be President are someone with experience in economics, foreign policy, government and most importantly leadership.  Notice that I used the term "experience" and didn't say "educated in".  Exactly how much experience did our current President have in any of those areas prior to being elected?  What were the results of said experience if it even existed?

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