The Republican party's 2016 presidential nominee will be....

[Yavin4]

Marco Rubio and his VP will be John Kasich.

Bank on it.

[Snap the Turtle]

1. Rubio already shot himself in the foot...

No I think the nominee will be Kasich, with Fiornia to try to get those 'disappointed' women again...

[bunnies]

3. What did Rubio do?

edit: Welcome to DU.

[Snap the Turtle]

6. You don't remember his water gaffe

[bunnies]

9. oh that. Yeah. Didnt know if he did something new.

Ya never know with these clowns.

[Bucky]

15. Uh, a couple of years ago he got cotton mouth during a TV speech. That's not a gaffe.

There's so many boneheaded things he does and says over the course of any given week, why would you devote time to this non-starter of a critique?

[daleanime]

2. Definitely....

a possibility.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Who knows but that is a tough ticket.

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[book_worm]

5. If so, it will be a tough ticket

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. They would start as favorites in OH and FL.

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[Yavin4]

8. Yep. That's FLA and Ohio right out of the box.

That ticket removes major paths to victory for the Dem nominee.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Rubio is shooting up in the betting/predictions market...

OTOH, how does a party so hostile to immigration nominate two candidate nominally in favor of it?

[No Vested Interest]

10. I'm sorry to say that you may have it pretty close. nt

[Va Lefty]

12. Unless Jeb! can turn things around

I think the establishment get Mittens to jump in and "save the party."
Romney/Insert teabagger here

[Yavin4]

13. Jeb has no compelling reason to run

Other than that's what his family does. Runs for president.

[Motown_Johnny]

14. Rubio?

That seems unlikely. But they all seem unlikely.

You really think that the GOP base will vote for someone who is not lily white? I kinda doubt it.

[Yavin4]

16. The establishment cannot allow Donald Trump, Ben Carson, or Carly get the nomination.

Jeb is pretty much dead. Walker is out. The others don't have a pulse. That leaves Rubio as the sole establishment candidate that's in double digits.

Put it this way, if it's not Rubio and it's Trump, Carson, or Carly, then the Republican party may be done.

[Motown_Johnny]

17. I can't picture any of them winning, but one of them has to.

So I won't argue the point.

If you are right, then at least we will have an (R) nominee that isn't an old rich white guy who claims to love Jesus. That will be unique (not that Rubio doesn't love Jesus).