US election: Republican runners and riders for 2016

He served as Governor of Florida for eight years until 2007. During his time
he proved popular among Cubans and non Cuban Hispanics – demographics
Republicans need to begin to appeal to. Bush also has a Mexican wife and
speaks Spanish. Like Mr Rubio, he may also offer Republicans a strong chance
of winning Florida.

Chris Christie, the New Jersey Governor, too is a possible candidate. His
strong leadership in the wake of Superstorm Sandy has won him plaudits.

But he may have damaged his chances of support from within his own party after
publicly applauded Barack Obama’s leadership following the storm, with less
than a week to go before the election.

It was later reported that Mr Christie refused to appear alongside Romney at a
rally in Pennsylvania two days before the election.

Responding to the speculation, Mr Christie said: “I want to get through this
storm [Sandy] today ok.”

He added: “With the stuff I’ve been dealing with over the past eight or nine
days… politics becomes much smaller when you’re dealing with life and
death issues.”

Despite being on this year’s losing ticket, Paul Ryan has also been mentioned
as one of the 2016 front-runners. He is only 42 and is popular with young
Republicans. He also easily won his Congressional seat, despite campaigning
with Mr Romney, giving him a platform for a possible bid. He is more
conservative on social issues than Mr Romney, which will appeal to the party
traditionalists, but may be seen as a bad thing as the Republicans attempt
to broaden their appeal.

Mr Ryan may also have been hurt by being on the first ticket since 1972 in
which both candidates lost their home states. The Democrats took Mr Ryan’s
home state of Wisconsin as well as Mr Romney’s current home Massachusetts
and his birthplace of Michigan.

The last time both running mates lost in their homes states was in 1972, when
Democrats George McGovern and Sargent Shriver lost to Richard Nixon.

History too is against Mr Ryan. Only one losing vice presidential candidate –
Franklin D Roosevelt – has ever gone on to become president.

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