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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 2566366" data-attributes="member: 9374">I don't think 2016 is the GOP's to lose... I think if the GOP doesn't field a stable, mid/right, likable and honest candidate with a strong record of working both sides of the aisle and bringing people together to get something accomplished, Hillary will be our first female President. By default, honestly. The left and moderates to me seem so far distanced from the right and the conservative base, that there's no way they will support another rich, white lifelong politician on the GOP ticket.Hell, I'm not sure *I* would.I didn't support Mitt, nor McCain. I felt we didn't have a great viable choice. We need a common-sense guy, a businessman, a compassionate pseudo-minority (read: non-100%-white) to change the face of the party. Not the deep-set ideals, but the perceived ostracism. Rubio seems to be a good bridge, but honestly, I don't know enough about the man to make an honest judgement. Someone who can stand firm and patriotic with all the fire and fervor necessary to defend our constitutional rights, yet bridge the game of racial and class divide to convince us/them all we're in this together and need to work our ***** off to pull out of this slump.Colin Powell, Marco Rubio, someone of a melting-pot-mentality genetic background with a fiscally-responsible yet morally compassionate character.Unfortunately, I don't see it happening. <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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