There is no Libertarian candidate at the moment, but it's not unlikely that we'll see another run by Johnson. Republicans, on the other hand, have a few potential candidates that aren't bug**** insane, like Santorum. You guys need to wrangle some of that letter writing acumen you use for your senators and reps and use it to convince Santorum that he'd be better off working at McDonald's, rather than running for an office he can't possibly win. If you thought the dems came out in droves for Obama vs. Obamney, wait till there's a Clinton v. Santorum.
Paul doesn't seem bug**** insane. Cruz probably won't run, according to what he' saying right now. Huntsman was sane and more than lucid, but the elites don't like him, he could actually give Hillary a run for the money. Have to wait and see who else comes along. Not sure Rubio has what it takes or will remain untainted by his foray into the immigration issue with the Gang of 8. Frankly, there just aren't a lot of potential candidates in the gop who would appeal to a large enough number of people to win. The independents are a large segment to sway, and people like Santorum will swing them right to anyone but himself.Yeah, right at the moment, which asshat is the most preferable asshat?
Yes. We get it. You don't like L/libertarians. We've heard it all before. Go eat popcorn somewhere else.
It wouldn't be one of the big government, gop rah-rah types, that's for sure. I think there would be quite a few who might vote for Rand, depending on what he does between now and then. He's made a couple of blunders, so far that cost him a few votes, but nothing catastrophic, yet. Huntsman might garner some of them, just because he's sane and embraces more of a reasonable and sane attitude than many of the others. I'm not sure the TEA Party could front someone that L/libertarians would vote for, at this time. They've made a habit of embracing loons and big gop government types, in many cases. They don't seem to like liberty based candidates, either, (judging by their last go 'round). At this point it's hard to say. Cruz has said he's not planning a run, and I don't think he'd appeal to many big or little L's. Jindal is out. He's decided to side with too many of the loony right in his state and it's going to cost him. Hillary would eat many of them for breakfast. At the moment, it looks like Rand and maybe Huntsman, again (if he isn't still pissed at the gop for the way they treated him and others last time). Not sure I'd vote for either, at this time, over a libertarian candidate, tho.
Like I said, the LP hasn't chosen one, yet. But, it won't surprise me if it isn't Johnson, again. He's still out on the circuit talking to folks around the country and building a base. He's doing the important work for liberty and the party. That's the norm for LP candidates who are sticking with it. I like Johnson a lot better than Rand and there's really no other gop candidate at the moment I could see myself backing. Maybe Amash, but I'll admit to not knowing tons about him, yet. He seems pretty good, but I don't see him running this early in his career.
