Going off
this thread, but in a (presumably) different direction. Using whatever metric you feel like (meaningful competition, trainwreck-potential, etc.), what list of candidates do you want in the Republican primary and in the debates? Try to keep it within reason. Meaning, limited to people who may actually run.
Personally I want a bloodbath featuring higher quality candidates than '12. So my list is as follows:
1. Bush
2. Romney
3. Christie
4. Cruz
5. Paul
6. Carson
7. Santorum or some other socon has-been
Here I think you’d have Jeb and Mitt as the frontrunners, maybe with Paul right behind, though with a lower ceiling. Christie and Cruz have potential, but would have to hope for a fortunate opening, to say the least. Then Carson and the socon could serve as the less polished bomb-throwers who have no real chance of the nom. Each of these people would have their own bases of support that could sustain them for a while, I’d think. Can’t decide whether or not adding Walker here would qualify as diminishing returns. Rubio/Kasich/Jindal/Perry are all filler imo. Then again, I also wonder if an all-out clown car would be more beneficial for Dems than a slimmer (lol) field of 6-7 people.
What does your list look like?
