Who Will Be The Republicant Sacrificial Lamb, Errrr, Presidential Nominee In 2016?

[OmahaBlueDog]

5. +1

Christie's main challenge will be the primaries. The Tea Party faction is going to want Cruz or Rubio, and will complain that Christie is Mitt-Romney-All-Over-Again.

That said, Christie was smart to work with the administration on Sandy relief, and is one of the few in the GOP right now who appears relatively sane to independents.

My prediction is that the ticket will be Chris Christie/Susana Martinez. Christie could potentially take NJ, PA, DE, and possibly NY out of the blue column. I see him as very dangerous.

However, the following is noteworthy: Several states (like Nebraska) had moved the timeframe back to 8/1/16 to get one's name on the Presidential ballot. The logic was to prevent Cruz or Rand Paul from leading a Tea Party breakaway campaign if the 2016 primaries became contentious over the nomination of a perceived moderate (read: Christie). However, Preibus is proposing to move the GOP Con to June or July, which could short circuit this.