(October 27, 2015 at 4:26 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(October 27, 2015 at 12:41 pm)TheRealJoeFish Wrote: I've been predicting Kasich/Rubio for a while now. Think that goes anywhere?
Kasich is too reasonable to snag the nomination. Crossless is right, though, two Florida candidates might be too narrow an appeal.
Which raises another question. If Bush and Rubio are the only viable candidates once the GOP love affair with Trump and Carson ends, will the party machine really want to see Bush as its nominee? The "Bush brand" is hopelessly tarnished, and Rubio, on paper anyway, gives them a chance to appeal more broadly to Latinos than hitherto (I think we can safely leave Cruz out of the equation).
If Bush doesn't gain momentum soon, I can imagine him throwing himself on the sword for the good of the party, at least after a little backroom arm-twisting.
