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bleah. God save America from this fate.
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My guess is that Jeb isn't running.

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Where's Rmoney?
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I'm a little surprised presidential contenders don't use their formal names. I guess it worked for William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton giving him a homey charm. But, Barack Hussein "Barry" Obama was actually derided for using his formal name rather than the name he went by when he was younger..

Piyush "Bobby" Jindal stands out as a genuine nickname. Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz and James Richard "Rick" Perry both use a variant of their middle name. Randal Howard "Rand" Paul is a rather uncommon shortening for a rather uncommon spelling first name. And then the more common shortening of Christopher James "Chris" Christie, Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee, and Richard John "Rick" Santorum. Scott Kevin Walker and Paul Davis Ryan round out the bunch.

And, yes, I'm probably racist seven ways til Sunday.
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Poor Iowa......
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@5, I know, right? All 50 residents of Iowa will get bombarded with nonstop political posturing for the next two years. I can't even imagine living there and having to suffer through that vomit of advertising every few years.
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@2, I think that the Bush brand is powerful enough with the base and the donors that if he wants to come in late in the game, e.g., when the other candidates have had plenty of time to show how lame they are, and Hillary has shown enough vulnerabilities, he'll do so.

On the other hand, if Hillary has made enough deals with the Power Centers/powers that be to get the protection and support she needs through the general election, we may not see Jeb bother.
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Fucking hell. Twenty-seven more months of this horse-race bullshit? HWAAARF!
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I'm already done. Can we make it stop now?
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I can totally see Rick Perry and Ted Cruz wearing giant bow ties and stepping out of a clown car for the amusement of the audience.

Huckabee, Rand Paul, and Santorum would have a John Wayne Gacy aura to them, while I think everyone would agree that Chris Christie would be a fat, white, more pugilistic Homie the Clown.
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Marco Rubio would be standing to the side, spraying himself in the mouth with the seltzer bottle the whole time.

No one cares what Scott Walker or Bobby Jindal would be doing, because no one ever cares what they're doing.
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2012 was a clown show, but we all knew from the start who the Republican nominee would be. So yeah it was fun to point and laugh.

The Republican race for nomination in 2016 is going to be a much more vicious shit storm of crazy.
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Yes, poor Iowa. We will probably see Hillary and other dems eating all sorts of gooey things at the Iowa State Fair. You all seem to be forgetting that donkeys have primaries too.
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Correction: caucuses - not primaries.
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I like it!! I'm counting down the days to the next set of GOP POTUS wannabes debating and gettin to LiveSlog with you fine folks once again.

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