The "Who is running?" tea leaves thread

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prez16 flagged this article on Columba Bush from way back in 1989, when Jeb was just the son of a president, not yet holding office himself:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-02-13/features/8903050279_1_jeb-columba-columba-bush-bush-campaign

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I have a feeling this won't play well with Republicans:

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[justfollowingtheelections]

Matt Taibbi wrote on twitter than Elizabeth Warren will be the next president.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/matt-taibbi-elizabeth-warren_n_2695200.html?utm_hp_ref=business

She seems to be no. 3 in popularity right now behind Hilary and Biden and the only reason Biden is ahead of her is because of name recognition.
Could she run if Hilary runs?  I honestly don't see it, but I think she would be a much better candidate and president than Hilary.  She has however praised Hilary in the past so I think she will take a back seat if Hilary decides to run.

I could however imagine a Warren/Baldwin ticket at some point.

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They're so desperate to find an anti-Obama, aren't they?  They seem to think that if they nominate a black guy, the blacks will become Republican, or if they get guys like Rubio or Cruz in the Senate, Hispanics will vote for them.
Do they really think people are that dumb?

[justfollowingtheelections]

They're so desperate to find an anti-Obama, aren't they?  They seem to think that if they nominate a black guy, the blacks will become Republican, or if they get guys like Rubio or Cruz in the Senate, Hispanics will vote for them.
Do they really think people are that dumb?

I hope not.  One of the reasons I'm proud to be a Republican is that we nominate based on ability, not which boxes can be checked off.  Let the Dems pick a minority for the sake of picking a minority.

You mean like Sarah Palin or Michael Steele?
I'm not a Democrat but Obama is clearly one of the most qualified to have ever become President.  You cannot possibly believe he was chosen because he was black.

[justfollowingtheelections]

I'm not a Democrat but Obama is clearly one of the most qualified to have ever become President.

What?

You could make the case about him being one of the "smartest" or something like that.  You can say that he's shown himself to be more up to the job than others who were far more qualified....

But how is he one of the most qualified?  He was only a US Senator for four years before being elected president.

What?  According to that logic Strom Thurmond is more qualified than any president ever.  What makes Obama one of the most qualified people to ever run is his education, his community work, his knowledge of the Constitution and his intelligence.  Very few presidents if any have a resume as strong as OBama.