Quote:It's Bush and Clinton unless we have an upset somewhere.


Santorum and Huckabee are splitting the evangelical vote. Cruz and Perry will split the southern conservative vote. Rand is getting the libertarian vote. the rest will default to the best man with the deepest pockets to run a full campaign against the democrats. The deep pockets are all behind Jeb. Best hope is Jersey Boy Christi siphons some of the northeastern republican votes and someone either the conservative or libertarians candidate is close enough to take him down.

 

In addition half that list on the front page will see limited to no debate time, and for the majority of those voting, they're voiting on electability, name recognition and sound bites.  I know we like to pretend every citizen is sitting down at a table emphatically doing research on each candidate and separating the campaign rhetoric from their actual voting records but realistically this isnt what's happening.  By the end of February, the shrinking minority of voters who actually do participate in primaries will be voting for which quarterback can beat the other team regardless of their stand on any issues. 

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