# 2016 race has started **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 1, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-race-has-started/670144 "2013-10-01T22:57:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-race-has-started/670144/1 "2013-10-01T22:57:20Z")
At least here in NC the governor is already running ads for his 2016 race. They are by an “outside group” wink, wink. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-race-has-started/670144/2 "2013-10-01T23:51:22Z")
ci…gh… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-race-has-started/670144/3 "2013-10-02T00:58:01Z")
The 2016 Presidential race started the day after the 2012 election. Right now it’s jockeying for position on the Republican side between Paul and Cruz. There will be some others but they aren’t being too visible. On the D side there are several of the smaller fish who want to grow big such as Martin O’Malley and Andrew Cuomo. However, they have to wait for Biden to formally bow out and he’s pretty openly keeping his options open. On the other hand, even Biden needs to wait on HRC. If she announces she’s running she’ll have both the Clinton and Obama machines behind her. God help anyone in her way. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-race-has-started/670144/4 "2013-10-02T22:24:34Z")
Yes but none of the pres. candidates are running ads right? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-race-has-started/670144/5 "2013-10-02T23:24:08Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > If she announces she’s running she’ll have both the Clinton and Obama machines behind her. God help anyone in her way. “Machine” sounds so…mechanical. We prefer “fan club.” ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-race-has-started/670144/6 "2013-10-03T03:06:55Z")
Any chance HRC picks Biden to be her VP, so he won’t even have to pack up his desk? Or here’s another idea: Pick Al Gore as her running mate, that way people can just reuse their old Clinton/Gore political paraphernalia. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-race-has-started/670144/7 "2013-10-03T04:13:50Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > At least here in NC the governor is already running ads for his 2016 race. They are by an “outside group” wink, wink. Please grab the governor and hold him while we get the tar and feathers. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-race-has-started/670144/8 "2013-10-03T04:16:05Z")
No it hasn’t. La la la la. I SAID NO IT HASN’T. GOOD DAY SIR. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-race-has-started/670144/9 "2013-10-03T10:53:46Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Any chance HRC picks Biden to be her VP, so he won’t even have to pack up his desk? > > Or here’s another idea: Pick Al Gore as her running mate, that way people can just reuse their old Clinton/Gore political paraphernalia. Let me see… Nothing, add some nothin’…carry the nothin’… Yeah, Cap’n Mal. Odds of both are zero. Two reasons: 1. She’ll want to choose her own and is big enough that she can’t have a pick imposed on her by the party. 2. She’ll be choosing the next candidate - most likely - and choosing either Gore or Biden will mean that she WON’T be choosing the next candidate. She’ll view the VP pick as her opportunity to influence the party and politics for years after she’s done. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-race-has-started/670144/10 "2013-10-03T17:03:48Z")
'twas a joke, Jonathan.