Quote:What is evident to me at this point is as follows.

 

Hillary is going to be the anointed nominee of the Democrat party.  Bernie Sanders is just there to appease the far left.

 

Jeb Bush was supposed to be the opposite or counter for the Republicans, but the establishment is running into problems with him getting real support.  Conservatives are tired of the "politics as usual" happenings in Washington, thus you have 3 candidates in the top 8 that have never held a political office.  The left is in full attack mode to try and discredit all of these 3, and the right doesn't really back them up much.

 

You also have the "anti-establishment" candidates in Rand Paul and Ted Cruz there.  By far Ted Cruz wins this because of his proven record and "not crazy" ideas as opposed to Rand Paul.

 

Finally, you have John Kasich and Marco Rubio, both "establishment" politicians.  Of the two, Rubio has the clear advantage.  He is the only one that is talking about the future, and in my mind is the only one that truly appreciates what this country is all about.  Throw in the fact that he is a better speaker and is much younger, I see him gaining support from not only the right, but the moderates as well.

 

Eventually I see the Republican nomination coming down to Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz or possibly one of the 3 non-career politicians in the race.

1. The media is dying for Hillary to win. The polls I've seen lately indicate that the people feel otherwise.

 

2. Jeb is done. Fiorina might as well be. Trump and Carson are the "never held an office" candidates to watch, and either one of them would be pasted in the general election. Carson in particular has a ton of far right support, but he's about as well liked as a root canal amongst moderates and Democrats.

 

3. If you consider Paul to be crazy and Cruz not, we need to send you in for a brain warranty replacement. Yours might be severely malfunctioning.

 

4. Rubio might be the Republican Party's only real hope. Unfortunately, the rest of the Republican field knows that, and they'll be targeting his attendance records, his failed finances, corruption within his fundraising, etc. He's got time to rebound, but he needs a few other candidates out of the race now to get the heat off.

 

5. I think that Cruz is just laughably far to the right, so much so that he has no real chance of winning the nomination. It will, imo, end up a race between Trump, Carson and Rubio.

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