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United States presidential election, 2016 (view source)
Revision as of 01:59, January 11, 2017
, 01:59, January 11, 2017→Other possible Republican candidates: some cleanup
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|[[Paul Ryan]]
|[[Paul Ryan]]
|Endorssed by former Speaker [[John Boehner]] and a proven conservative: ran on 2012 national ticket.
|Endorsed by former Speaker [[John Boehner]] and a proven conservative; ran on 2012 national ticket.
|Happy being speaker
|Happy being speaker
|Boehner withdrew support and shifted to [[John Kasich]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/16/john-boehner-withdraws-2016-support-for-paul-ryan-backs-john-kasich-until-first-vote/|title=John Boehner Withdraws 2016 Support for Paul Ryan, Backs John Kasich Until First Vote|date=March 16, 2016|accessdate=March 17, 2016}}</ref>
|Boehner withdrew support and shifted to [[John Kasich]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/16/john-boehner-withdraws-2016-support-for-paul-ryan-backs-john-kasich-until-first-vote/|title=John Boehner Withdraws 2016 Support for Paul Ryan, Backs John Kasich Until First Vote|date=March 16, 2016|accessdate=March 17, 2016}}</ref>
|Articulate, popular, foreign policy experience, takes the race and gender cards off the table, gave impassioned speech at the RNC, inspiring childhood story.
|Articulate, popular, foreign policy experience, takes the race and gender cards off the table, gave impassioned speech at the RNC, inspiring childhood story.
|Pro-choice, ties to Bush administration, never elected to any office, just appointed; left-wing immigration stance, had role leading up to [[Iraq War]], single status will mean she won't have the emotional support of a family for a Presidential run as [[Laura Bush]] has said; admired by some conservatives, disliked by others like [[paleoconservatives]] and from how [[Dick Cheney]] and [[Donald Rumsfeld]] have criticized her, she doesn't even have all the [[neoconservatives]] wrapped up.
|Pro-choice, ties to Bush administration, never elected to any office, just appointed; left-wing immigration stance, had role leading up to [[Iraq War]], single status will mean she won't have the emotional support of a family for a Presidential run as [[Laura Bush]] has said; admired by some conservatives, disliked by others like [[paleoconservatives]] and from how [[Dick Cheney]] and [[Donald Rumsfeld]] have criticized her, she doesn't even have all the [[neoconservatives]] wrapped up.
|Some conservatives would think her running would be a good idea, others won't. She declined to run in 2008 and 2012, but from the speculation she was going to be Romney's VP, she might this time.
|Some conservatives would think her running would be a good idea, others wouldn't. She declined to run in 2008 and 2012, but from the speculation she was going to be Romney's VP, she might this time.
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|[[John Thune]]
|[[John Thune]]
|Represents a swing state
|Represents a swing state
|Voted in favor of amnesty
|Voted in favor of amnesty
|If Rubio is the Presidential nominee, he's likely to make Ayotte his running mate hoping the ticket will appeal to two swing states (Florida and New Hampshire), Hispanics, and women, offsetting Hillary with the last group. Both Rubio and Ayotte have been taken under the wings of McCain and Graham since getting in the Senate.
|If Rubio had been the Presidential nominee, he was likely to make Ayotte his running mate hoping the ticket will appeal to two swing states (Florida and New Hampshire), Hispanics, and women, offsetting Hillary with the last group. Both Rubio and Ayotte have been taken under the wings of McCain and Graham since getting in the Senate.
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|[[Allen West]]
|[[Allen West]]
|[[Brian Sandoval]]
|[[Brian Sandoval]]
|Hispanic, fiscal conservative
|Hispanic, fiscal conservative
|Pro-choice, expanded Medicare in his state, [[Harry Reid]] doesn't seem to mind his performance as Governor.<ref>http://blogs.rgj.com/politics/2013/02/20/reid-says-hell-run-for-re-election-in-2016-wont-comment-on-sandoval-as-opponent/</ref>
|Pro-abortion, expanded Medicare in his state, [[Harry Reid]] did not seem to mind his performance as Governor.<ref>http://blogs.rgj.com/politics/2013/02/20/reid-says-hell-run-for-re-election-in-2016-wont-comment-on-sandoval-as-opponent/</ref>
|Sandoval has announced he will not run for President. He is capable of winning Reid's seat for the U.S. Senate instead.
|Sandoval later announced he would not run for President. He is capable of winning Reid's seat for the U.S. Senate instead with Reid's pending retirement.
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