TexasCHLforum.com

During the last election, I said that it was the Democrats to lose, and the only way they could lose it was to nominate Hillary. Well, it seems like I called that one correctly.

This election is not nearly as clear cut, but I do give it to the Republicans to lose. The problem is that I don't see a viable candidate yet in the bunch. The best I see are people like Romney, who make it a race instead of a clear cut thing. I do see some, like Trump or Palin, as being a way to give it to the Democrats. I read one analysis recently that says the Republicans might want to concentrate on the congress (both houses) as some of the candidates will look very good in 2016 after they gather more exposure on the national scale. They mentioned Ryan as one example of a potential future leader who they could start grooming now for next cycle.

That seems like a very wise strategy to me. If they can get control of both houses, it almost (not quite but almost) makes the POTUS irrelevant from a legal aspect. They do have to be prepared to pass laws to stop executive orders if they do this though.