# GOP Presidential Candidates: The Elimination(ish) Game (Round 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 25, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441 "2015-06-25T14:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/1 "2015-06-25T14:35:28Z")
I grow weary of thinking about these people. Let’s finish it off with a round robin. Unless we end up with some weird tie, this will be the last round. Here are your pairings to vote on. Four men enter, one man leaves! 1. Kasich vs Pataki 2. Kasich vs Paul 3. Rubio vs Kasich 4. Pataki vs Paul 5. Pataki vs Rubio 6. Paul vs Rubio ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/2 "2015-06-25T14:37:49Z")
[Link to Round 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=759883) [Link to Round 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=760086) Final votes **Sunday 5pm EDT** ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/3 "2015-06-25T14:40:53Z")
Pataki Kasich Kasich Pataki Pataki Paul ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/4 "2015-06-25T14:41:20Z")
1. Kasich 2. Kasich 3. Kasich The guy who isn’t running is obviously preferable for that reason. Plus, he’s shown some sense of responsibility toward his constituents. 4. Pataki 5. Pataki He was at least part of the reality-based community, way back when he had a job. 6. Paul vs Rubio - Neither, sorry, nothing to be hopeful for in either of them. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/5 "2015-06-25T15:08:23Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > 1. Kasich vs \*\*Pataki > \*\* > > 2. Kasich vs **Paul** > > 3. **Rubio** vs Kasich > > 4. **Pataki** vs Paul > > 5. **Pataki** vs Rubio > > 6. **Paul** vs Rubio My selections in bold. To be honest, I know almost nothing about Pataki except that he’s a NY Republican and therefore (presumably) relatively sane. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/6 "2015-06-25T15:18:55Z")
1. Kasich vs **Pataki** Pataki got to be Gov of a bluer state than Ohio, that counts for something. 2. \*\*Kasich \*\*vs Paul 3. Rubio vs **Kasich** 4. \*\*Pataki \*\*vs Paul 5. \*\*Pataki \*\*vs Rubio 6. Paul vs **Rubio** ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/7 "2015-06-25T15:21:33Z")
1. Pataki. I don’t remember much about him, to be honest, so this might be a stupid choice. But I think I remember him being moderate-to-liberal and sane. I think he’s more liberal than Kasich. 2. Kasich. This one is a no-brainer because libertarianism is ridiculous and Kasich is competent. 3. Kasich. More moderate, more experienced. 4. Pataki. Paul is ridiculous. 5. Pataki. 6. Rubio. Paul is still ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/8 "2015-06-25T15:25:08Z")
1. Kasich vs **Pataki** - They’re both moderate, but I think having deal with “hyper blue city vs hyper red upstate” would be good preparation for the polarization seen in DC, so I went Pataki. 2. **Kasich** vs Paul - Moderate wins here 3. Rubio vs **Kasich** - Moderate wins here 4. **Pataki** vs Paul - Moderate wins here 5. **Patak** i vs Rubio - Moderate wins here 6. **Paul** vs Rubio - oof, this is a harder one. I know a lot of this board hates libertarians, but I like Paul’s views on Foreign Policy and Privacy a lot more than Rubio’s. And his views on social policies like SSM and Abortion are more “keep the government out of it” than the “we should get involved for your own good” of Rubio. But then, the drastic “government shouldn’t do anything” and “tax cuts at all costs!” economic policy is problematic. I ended up going with Paul figuring that keeping us out of foreign wars is good and even a conservative Congress isn’t going to go crazy with his economic policy, keeping that more mainstream. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/9 "2015-06-25T15:44:59Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > 1. **Paul** vs Rubio - oof, this is a harder one. I know a lot of this board hates libertarians, but I like Paul’s views on Foreign Policy and Privacy a lot more than Rubio’s. And his views on social policies like SSM and Abortion are more “keep the government out of it” than the “we should get involved for your own good” of Rubio. I’m no Rand Paul expert, but I thought he was strongly for things like personhood amendments and the like. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/10 "2015-06-25T15:54:50Z")
1. Kasich 2. Kasich 3. Rubio 4. Pataki 5. Rubio 6. Rubio ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/11 "2015-06-25T15:55:39Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I’m no Rand Paul expert, but I thought he was strongly for things like personhood amendments and the like. His views on marriage is that there shouldn’t be a national law on the matter - in fact, he more strongly supports having marriage not be a governmental question (spouses would write their own marriage contracts if they so choose), so it’s a moot point. That’s unrealistic but I can get behind that. As far as abortion, you are right that he would like a personhood amendment, but other than that thinks the Feds should not be involved, which given the likelihood of an amendment passing and his pro-life views, seems like a better position than Rubio’s. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/12 "2015-06-25T15:56:20Z")
1. Kasich vs Pataki - **Kasich** 2. Kasich vs Paul - **Paul** 3. Rubio vs Kasich - **Rubio** 4. Pataki vs Paul - **Paul** 5. Pataki vs Rubio - **Rubio** 6. Paul vs Rubio - **Paul** ---
**Author:** ![basset\_hound](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/basset_hound/32/1432_2.png) [@basset\_hound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/basset_hound)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/13 "2015-06-25T17:02:43Z")
1. Kasich 2. Kasich 3. Rubio 4. Pataki 5. Rubio 6. Rubio ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/14 "2015-06-25T17:11:33Z")
1. Pataki 2. Kasich 3. Kasich 4. Pataki 5. Pataki 6. Rubio ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/15 "2015-06-25T19:04:34Z")
1. Pataki 2. Kaisch 3. Kaisch 4. Pataki 5. Pataki 6. Rubio ---
**Author:** ![Donald\_Rump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Donald\_Rump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donald_Rump)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/16 "2015-06-25T19:32:54Z")
1. Pataki 2. Paul 3. Kasich 4. Paul 5. Pataki 6. Paul ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/17 "2015-06-25T19:49:52Z")
1. Kasich vs Pataki - Tails… Pataki. I most heavily weight foreign policy issues in selecting a President. I need a lot more in that area as close as they otherwise are in mind. Pataki was picked by the Mark I decision maker. 2. Kasich 3. Kasich 4. Pataki 5. Pataki 6. Paul - Snickering to myself about the similarities to Ron Swanson having a government job. Either he focuses on the possible and tries to slightly moderate both parties urge to the authoritarian or he marginalizes himself. A Paul nomination certainly would be a shot across the bow of the current rigid partisanship on a number of issues. That’s worth the vote even if he chooses to stick to his guns and crater his campaign into a Mondale like defeat. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/18 "2015-06-25T19:56:20Z")
Pataki Kasich Kasich Pataki Pataki Paul ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/19 "2015-06-26T16:10:43Z")
Pataki Kasich Kasich Pataki Pataki Paul ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-presidential-candidates-the-elimination-ish-game-round-3/723441/20 "2015-06-26T18:21:11Z")
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