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Condelezza Rice is never going to be the conservative party nominee. Ms. Rice is a neo con when it comes to military intervention, but her other political stances are not very conservative. conservatives would reject Ms. Rice for a plethora of reasons.
I agree that Ms. Rice would never make it through the primary process, except that's not the point.
The point is, which tickets would be interesting to talk about? I think Rubio/Rice vs. Joe Biden/Andrew Cuomo (all mentioned as potential candidates by main-stream media) would be an awesome race because it would destroy so many stereotypes. The fact that I give it a 0.01% chance of happening doesn't matter.
If you think a Hillary Clinton/Jill Biden ticket would be interesting, then talk about it. Or Bachman/Palin vs. Feinstein/Boxer. Yes, I know they'd never nominate two senators from the same state to be P and VP, and the chances of a 4-female race are approximately zero... but wouldn't that be an interesting race? The extremists on both sides would be foaming at the mouth, and John Stewart would have a heart attack from pure joy!
I agree that Ms. Rice would never make it through the primary process, except that's not the point.
The point is, which tickets would be interesting to talk about? I think Rubio/Rice vs. Joe Biden/Andrew Cuomo (all mentioned as potential candidates by main-stream media) would be an awesome race because it would destroy so many stereotypes. The fact that I give it a 0.01% chance of happening doesn't matter.
If you think a Hillary Clinton/Jill Biden ticket would be interesting, then talk about it. Or Bachman/Palin vs. Feinstein/Boxer. Yes, I know they'd never nominate two senators from the same state to be P and VP, and the chances of a 4-female race are approximately zero... but wouldn't that be an interesting race? The extremists on both sides would be foaming at the mouth, and John Stewart would have a heart attack from pure joy!
I have no idea who'll be on the ticket for either party in 4 years, and to be honest, I wouldn't be excited by Mrs. Clinton if she were the nominee, or Joe Biden.
I'd want someone much more liberal or at least much more liberal on economic issues and military intervention. I don't know who that would be, though off the top of my head Elizabeth Warren comes to mind.
For a running mate, I don't know.
On the conservative side, none of the candidates that have been mentioned interest me in the least.
Republicans can't use the economy in 2016, because, by then, Obama will have brought us all the way back from the Bush Depression
And for that reason alone there should be an allowance for President Obama to stay on for a third term. A valid argument is that in his first term all he could do was clean up the mess. Of course he would have to win another election, but that would be the easy part.
I like Paul Ryan a lot, and I was excited when Romney picked him, but he didn't blow me away debating Biden and he didn't impress me on the campaign trail. I suspect there is not a lot of interest among the GOP money-men to finance Ryan again.
I love Condoleeza Rice, and there is growing speculation about her in 2016. Her pro-choice stance will be a problem for some people as will her involvement in the Bush administration. Unfortunately, there will also be the perception that the GOP is just trying to find a black candidate. On the other hand she's very smart, gives a great stump speech, has tons more experience than Obama ever did or will have, is a known commodity and well-liked by the upper echelons of the GOP.
I don't know how interested Chris Christie is in the GOP nod, and he'll have a battle on his hands in the primaries as being too close to Obama and a RINO. But he's a ferocious competitor, a formidable debator, but he's also pragmatic, a centrist, easily reaches across party lines and IMO he'll have a strong appeal to independents and even Democrats.
I know there is a built-in Santorum fanbase out there, but it's limited, and while he might win a primary or two but he doesn't have a chance of being president.
I like Rubio but he needs more seasoning. His brush with the Gang of Eight shows he's not ready for the big time yet.
Jindal, Cruz and Rand Paul are all interesting, but for now, IMO, I don't see them moving onto a larger national stage.
So - for 2016 - I predict either Christie/Rice, or Rice/Christie
He knows he can't win his party's nomination let alone win if he somehow did, and there is no way that he going to run for vice president again.
He is done.
Maybe he can go buy a 7-11 in Delaware and hire people with Indian accents.
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