GROVER NORQUIST: Here Are The Only 6 Republicans Who Can Win In 2016

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http://www.businessinsider.com/grover-norquist-2016-candidates-2014-3

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Grover Norquist, the influential conservative who serves as president of Americans for Tax Reform, thinks there are only six Republicans who can win the 2016 Republican nomination for president.

His list, which he told Business Insider in an approximately hour-long interview Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

"There are only six people who can credibly run start-to-finish, and any of them could conceivably win the presidency," Norquist said.

"And the reason is, each of those people could raise the money to run campaign all the way through. Each of those people has some name ID."



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*** i thought a house had dropped on grover?

[warrior1]

1. ha

he's delusional.

[gopiscrap]

2. Dumb fucker,

that's pretty much the list everyone has....

[spanone]

3. rick 'oops' perry? bwahahahaaa

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. But with the glasses he's much smarter now.

[reformist2]

32. I've heard other Repugs pushing Perry again. It's incredible.

[spanone]

35. i think they don't really care WHO wins as long as it's a republican

whoever wins will be beholding to big money and will do what they need

[Silent3]

4. In a way, I hope he's right - in the sense that they're the only ones who can win the primaries.

If candidates that flawed, with so much horrible baggage, are the best hope Republicans have, they have little hope at all.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. …to which my sole rejoinder is

Reagan 1980.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

25. Obama is not Carter. This economy is not 70's stagflation

And the dynamic of running against the incumbent is not there.

[Jackpine Radical]

26. Incumbency is usually an advantage.

The last incumbent to lose was Bush I, & before that, Carter.

The economy is not exactly booming at least for most people, with an increasing income gap and unemployment that is still intolerably high. The Republicans will do everything they can to crash the middle class, and will then blame the crash on the Democrats.

These are icy waters.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. The GOP's going to need Mayflower to haul all that baggage.

[Jackpine Radical]

9. No, they just need a compliant corporate press

to scuttle it.

Cokehead Bush2 AWOL; 5-deferment Cheney. Etc.

[FSogol]

7. LOL: 3 crooks, 1 grifter, and 2 dumbasses

[11 Bravo]

29. Big win for your Terps today.

[FSogol]

38. That was sweet.

Unfortunately it'll only earn us a spot in the NIT.

[rock]

10. I believe the number he's looking for is 0 not 6

[justhanginon]

11. Sounds to me like the passenger list of the clown car!

Unfortunately, a very scary list to think that any of these nasties could win. I do think that considering the caliber of potential candidates they should consider having Ms. Palin as VP candidate again. That would kind of complete the illustrious group. YECCCHHHHH!

[Johonny]

12. This grifter has an amazing ability to be wrong over and over yet they keep asking his opinion

LOL Business Insider.

[jsr]

13. Great list, Grover.

[rurallib]

14. Passengers for the clown car named.

What does he mean they are the only ones who can raise money.
Money is not a problem Republicans have.
Dave and Charlie alone can give their 504c billions.

[cheyanne]

15. True, raising money is a requirement for

a viable Republican candidate . . . and of course name recognition . . .

let me see . . . what could come third . . .?

How about real solutions to real problems . . .

not likely . . .

someone is gonna run but they ain't gonna win.

[Gothmog]

16. Goodhair is viable but Carnival Cruz is not

This is funny

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. That's a real deep bench you got there Grover.

?1319554639

[randome]

22. "Shit goes in, shit goes out. No one understands that."

[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

[okaawhatever]

18. I hope Rand Paul makes his way into the lead. He's a wackadoodle and won't be able to hide

it forever.

[Gman]

19. That's all they got

That's it. And they've done it too themselves.

They should be embarrassed.

[FarCenter]

20. Bush versus Clinton in 2016 -- I may emigrate.

[Arugula Latte]

40. The nightmare continues ...

[randome]

21. Was he weeping when he said this?

2016 is already ours. We really, really, REALLY need to focus on 2014.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]TECT in the name of the Representative approves of this post.[/center][/font][hr]

[RB TexLa]

23. I would cut that to Christie, Walker and Bush

[tblue37]

24. I am betting Jeb will be the nominee. nt

[oldandhappy]

30. He has been mostly quiet so I suppose you are correct.

I think they (Republicans) could do well with Huntsman but he cannot survive the viciousness of the far right.

I think anyone not already out there or visible or with name recognition is getting a late start. Hard to imagine someone else suddenly popping up on the scene and making any progress. Some are waiting to be adored and hailed, but I think those are not willing to do the work. Those willing to do the work are already on the job. Sigh.

I have already promised to work both 2014 and 2016 or I'd consider a long cruise!

[Scootaloo]

27. It almost sounds like Norky's batting for the Democrats

[11 Bravo]

28. If I want to hear from a fucking garden gnome, I'll listen to a Travelocity commercial.

(But it is cute the way Grover continues to suffer from delusions of relevance.)

[BarbaRosa]

31. The "Bend Over For Grover" repugs.

[Blue Owl]

33. Re-defines the meaning of "wish list"

n/t

[bobthedrummer]

34. Mein Gauleiter! WALKER! WALKER! WALKER!

Judge in second John doe probe changes secret order (Patrick Marley 3-7 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
"The judge overseeing an investigation into Wisconsin's recent recall elections has altered a crucial, secret order in the case, but the public still cannot see the original ruling or the changes."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/judge-in-second-doe-probe-changes-secret-order-b99220493z1-249026291.html

Mein Gauleiter, POTUS WALKER!!! WALKER! WALKER!

[HereSince1628]

36. 2 Lawyers from Kansas are mentioned in that article, Koch related?

or just a matter coincidence?

[bobthedrummer]

44. Der Gauleiter has been "furnished" scribes at the public level like David Rivkin. We, the People

know that at the non-public level (the shadow government) everything that was available to the Bush/Cheney plus what ever else is currently available is being utilized in der Gau of Walker.

David B. Rivkin (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_B._Rivkin

Stop believing in coincidence when it comes to politics HereSince1628, then NGU.

[jmowreader]

37. The list should be Jeb and Goodhair

First things first: Republicans in the flyover states will not vote for Piyush Jindal, Nimrata Haley, or anyone else who isn't a Real (read: white and Christian with Anglo-Saxon name) American. Nor will they vote for Ted Cruz because of his Cuban father. They are not nice people over there.

Drop Rand Paul out of the race. Libertarianism won't sell in the big states he needs.

Walker and Christie are known crooks. Unless someone gives their kids a little dog to be named Checkers, crookedness won't sell.

So it is Bush and Perry, either of whom Any Random Democrat can beat.

[Arugula Latte]

39. You forgot "Bucket of Spit," Grover.

[demwing]

41. If Hillary takes the nomination early, watch the Repugs

they'll nominate a sacrificial lamb.

I'm not a Hillary fan, but her resume is so damned solid. She's smart as hell, connected, will raise big bank, and will almost certainly win.

No way Republicans waste a 2020 player on a sucker's bet. If Hillary wins, the R's will nominate someone too old, too dumb, too crazy, or too tainted to invest in. Perry is dumb, Christie is tainted, Paul is crazy.

Expect one of those three to win the R primary, should Hillary win early.

[tavernier]

42. I guess I wouldn't be quite so depressed

If I honestly thought that any one of those people was remotely intelligent enough to be a viable candidate.

I'm all for a good horse race: show me a man (or woman) on your team who has some seriously good ideas; you know, a person of substance and character who can deal with the challenges our country faces. I'll listen!

But these are the same sad cookies that crumbled straight out of the bag last time around.

Instead of throwing good money after bad, maybe it's time to figure out what is fundamentally wrong with your "Grand Old Party".

[NightWatcher]

43. Sweet, so they're calling it for Hillary?

...more than a year before the polls close.

I think I could beat half that Repuke field myself.