The potential Republican Presidential field, at least that developed by Crowdpac.com, contains the following mix of potential Republican Presidential candidates:
ELEVEN Governors or former Governors–Chris Christie, Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal, Mike Huckabee, Mike Pence, John Kasich, Rick Snyder, Scott Walker, Jeb Bush, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney
FOUR Senators or former Senators–Rick Santorum, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul
ONE Corporate Executive (female)–Carly Fiorina (Hewlett Packard former Chief Executive Officer)
ONE Pediatric Surgeon (African American)–Dr. Benjamin Carson
Some think, because of these circumstances, that it is likely that a Governor, past or present, is the likely GOP nominee, and that would seem to be a good bet!
However, from this blogger’s perspective, only three of the above are at all acceptable—Jon Huntsman, John Kasich, and Jeb Bush. The rest of the list is horrific to imagine in the White House!
One way I’m looking at this is as follows: For those “candidates†who know they’re not viable, but are running anyway, the so-called logic of it is as follows: What am I really losing by running?
Yes, they can make a name for themselves (for those who haven’t already). They can write a first or a new book. (Well, most will be, as I’m sure they are now, ghost-written.) And they can command some generous speaking fees for having run for the president of the United States.
So much for our concern over who will win his/her party’s nomination! (My own theory is, “Who ever is best-funded will win the nomination from his/her party.†That isn’t foolproof. But, it’s a very good bet.)