2016 PREDICTIONS: It'll be Jeb-Rubio. Christie goes Indy.

[smorkingapple]

Mark my words.

They saw tonight's results. They need to win over Latinos and retake FL if they hope to beat Hillary in 2016. This is the only ticket that has a chance to do that.

Jeb will speak in Spanish and they'll tone down the Latino bashing soon.

Chris Christie has no national shot after this year. He's done in the Republican party. He'll have to go the independent route if he wants to run. I could see it happening.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Would FL/FL (or any year both come from the same state) be unprecedented? or wise?

So much can happen in the next four years.....but the demographics will continue to work against the bad guys.

[craigmatic]

2. It can't be jeb/rubio because they're both from FL. It'll be jeb/christie,

[Hutzpa]

3. It's not going to be pretty I'll tell you that.

No way, no how.

[2roos]

4. Hillary and Julian Castro beat Jeb and Rubio

Obama does immigration reform - solidifies Latino support - sets the stage to put Texas in play.

[Polldancer2012]

5. Rubio/Ayotte or Haley or Blackburn?

The 2016 Repubs will be younger and will try to fix the gender and racial divide. I don't think Jeb will make it, the name is pure poison.

Dems need to go younger and more progressive in 16.

[liberaldiva]

6. Unwise.....

If they did that they'd essentially forfeit Florida's electoral votes. It's in the 12th Amendment I believe.

[smorkingapple]

7. Thats a false requirement

PROOF

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

[Cetacea]

8. Gillibrande/Clinton ftw n/t

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[theKed]

9. I see two possible directions for the republican party to go in 2016

1] The hard right goes "rogue" after a moderate or bi-partisan (or even just bi-curious) candidate gets picked, with a lot of "independent" tea party candidates, funded by super pacs

2] The moderate GOP goes independent - including folks like Christie - with a large number unwilling to stay with the feral extremism of the hard right tea party members, yet unwilling - or unwanted - to cross over to the democrat side.

In either case, the republican base splits. Not an even split, and that depends which side drops the Republican title (my money's on #1) getting a smaller share of the base.