# The 2016 nominees will be... **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 4, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620 "2011-10-04T22:05:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/1 "2011-10-04T22:05:04Z")
Chris Christie vs. Andrew Cuomo. Suck it, rest of country! ---
**Author:** ![littlespeedysuperbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@littlespeedysuperbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/littlespeedysuperbike)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/2 "2011-10-05T02:59:30Z")
Meanwhile, Al Franken steadily plods along, until he finishes 2nd to two different candidates in Iowa and New Hampshire. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/3 "2011-10-05T03:01:22Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Chris Christie vs. Andrew Cuomo. I could almost see it but Christie has to make it past the Tea Party to the nomination. I could see Cuomo grabbing the nom. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/4 "2011-10-05T03:39:02Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I could almost see it but Christie has to make it past the Tea Party to the nomination. I could see Cuomo grabbing the nom. Assuming we avoid the apocalypse, do you think the Tea Party will remain relevant in 2016? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/5 "2011-10-05T03:40:46Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Assuming we avoid the apocalypse, do you think the Tea Party will remain relevant in 2016? Well I hope you’re correct but the Republican candidates still need to get past the Religious Right to get the Nom. I’m not sure they won’t fight hard against a Jersey moderate Republican who doesn’t hate gays. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/6 "2011-10-05T04:16:50Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Well I hope you’re correct but the Republican candidates still need to get past the Religious Right to get the Nom. I’m not sure they won’t fight hard against a Jersey moderate Republican who doesn’t hate gays. Moderate my butt. Christie is as liberal as Republicans come. He’s pro-gun control, all over the map on abortion, and his views on illegal immigrants and global warming are to the left of Al Gore. Any one of those issues could sink a Republican candidate, regardless of the Tea Party. But all of them? Plus he has an extremely pushy & abrasive personality and he looks ridiculous. He doesn’t have snowballs chance in hell of being the nominee **EVER!** ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/7 "2011-10-05T12:33:58Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Moderate my butt. Christie is as liberal as Republicans come. He’s pro-gun control, all over the map on abortion, and his views on illegal immigrants and global warming are to the left of Al Gore. > > Any one of those issues could sink a Republican candidate, regardless of the Tea Party. But all of them? Plus he has an extremely pushy & abrasive personality and he looks ridiculous. > > He doesn’t have snowballs chance in hell of being the nominee **EVER!** This is true. I don’t understand the hardon some republicans have for Christie to run, he has zero chance as soon as any of his views become public. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/8 "2011-10-05T12:37:58Z")
How can views on global warming be “left” or “right”? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/9 "2011-10-05T13:07:47Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > How can views on global warming be “left” or “right”? You know that saying about “facts having a liberal bias”? Well, there you go. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/10 "2011-10-06T00:58:10Z")
Republicans: Mitt Romney (if he wins) Rick Perry (if he wins) Chris Christie Marco Rubio Bobby Jindal Scott Brown (if he is reelected next year) Mark Kirk (?) Democrats: Andrew Cuomo Hillary Clinton I’m betting the 2016 nominees are on this list ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/11 "2011-10-06T02:33:03Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Republicans: > Mitt Romney (if he wins) > Rick Perry (if he wins) > Chris Christie > Marco Rubio > Bobby Jindal > Scott Brown (if he is reelected next year) > Mark Kirk (?) > > Democrats: > Andrew Cuomo > Hillary Clinton > > I’m betting the 2016 nominees are on this list Hahahahaa!!! \*\*Curtis \*\*you are too funny. You seem to have a hard-on for Rubio for some unknown reason as often as you bring him up, and Jindal? Really? Bobby Jindal? Never happen. I’m in NJ and, believe me, it won’t be Christie. Hillary’s done. She won’t run again. And Cuomo, at least in my mind, is a non starter. My pick, at this moment, for the 2016 contenders is Unknown Republican vs Unknown Democrat. My wish for the 2016 race would be Russ Feingold vs Jon Huntsman, but I don’t see that as having a snowball’s chance of occurring either. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/12 "2011-10-06T03:24:51Z")
I’m still hoping Brian Schweitzer can be talked into it, on the D side. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/13 "2011-10-06T03:39:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m still hoping Brian Schweitzer can be talked into it, on the D side. I was just about to say exactly this. I love everything I hear about him, and I think he’s extremely electable. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/14 "2011-10-06T03:42:03Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Republicans: > Mitt Romney (if he wins) > Rick Perry (if he wins) > Chris Christie > Marco Rubio > Bobby Jindal > Scott Brown (if he is reelected next year) > Mark Kirk (?) > > Democrats: > Andrew Cuomo > Hillary Clinton > > I’m betting the 2016 nominees are on this list I’ll take your bet. $100? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/15 "2011-10-07T00:17:13Z")
I’m not sure it would be legal for **Qin** to take that bet. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/16 "2011-10-07T01:26:41Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > … his views on illegal immigrants and global warming are to the left of Al Gore. It’s not hard to be the most liberal Republican on global warming and illegal immigration. That’s like being the sluttiest nun. But I’m not sure why you think he’s to the left of Gore on those issues. Was that hyperbole? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/17 "2011-10-07T01:38:30Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Hahahahaa!!! \*\*Curtis \*\*you are too funny. You seem to have a hard-on for Rubio for some unknown reason as often as you bring him up, and Jindal? Really? Bobby Jindal? Never happen. I’m in NJ and, believe me, it won’t be Christie. “Hard-on” for Rubio? I don’t recall talking about him more than a few times over the last year and a half. ---
**Author:** ![AbloyProtec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@AbloyProtec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbloyProtec)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/18 "2011-10-07T10:58:50Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Republicans: > Mitt Romney (if he wins) > Rick Perry (if he wins) > Chris Christie > Marco Rubio > Bobby Jindal > Scott Brown (if he is reelected next year) > Mark Kirk (?) > > Democrats: > Andrew Cuomo > Hillary Clinton > > I’m betting the 2016 nominees are on this list Marco Rubio and Bobby Jindal appeal to me most on your list; I hope you’re right. In fact, I remember making a Facebook post after Obama was elected that this means that we get Jindal in 2012 ☹ I guess I have to wait 4 more years. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/19 "2011-10-07T12:01:11Z")
Wait and see who (apart from the candidates) gives speeches at the 2012 conventions. There’s your contenders. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620/20 "2011-10-07T15:44:05Z")
Apparently nobody has anything to say about Schweitzer except me or you, Chronos. 🙂 How has he been as a governor? I’m curious. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-nominees-will-be/598620.md?page=2)