2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: This is gonna get me yelled at. but... Warren does not have the 'exposure' to run for President.... [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)But I do disagree with one thing you've said. Jeb Bush is toast, he and Marco Rubio will split the fifteen percent of the Repuke vote that is OK with immigration reform. After reading Politico earlier today, where it said a lot of establishment Republicons would be 'OK' with Hillary, and given that I think she's a shoo-in for both the Democratic primary/caucus process and the general election, it might just be that Repugs figure that 2016 is useful for getting rid of the tea party element within them, and let Rand Paul get the nomination, only to be utterly crushed by Hillary.
It wouldn't make a ding dong damn worth of difference who she has for a running mate, but she's smart enough to give consideration to setting up an heir apparent, something that both GWB and Barack Obama didn't seem to do with their VP picks. Yes, a Latino candidate might just be the thing to carry the Democratic Party into the near future. That Castro guy might just be the ticket, or at least the lower half of it.
Oh, and Jeb Bush picking Rand Paul, all I can say is, pass me the bong, dude. If by some miracle he got the nomination, he'd never pick Paul, he'd have to pick someone more boring than him, and that's pretty tough. I'm sure the governor of some obscure Repuke-leaning state would do, but like I said, whoever the Rethugs run, Hillary will crush them into the dirt.