We cats didn't watch Chris Christie's "I'm not running" news conference this afternoon. Like everyone else, we knew what he was going to say.
Naturally, for reasons outlined in our previous post today, we disagree with Chris Cillizza that the 2012 Republican clown college is set in stone. (But then, we frequently disagree with Chris Cillizza.) However, the GOP field for 2016 is well on its way.
In fact, the Republicans probably have more people running in 2016 than they have for 2012 right now — despite the recent poll that says people expect an unknown GOP candidate to defeat President Obama next year. That poll is silly. Unknown candidates never win.
So let us not waste a moment of time. Here's our — probably incomplete — list of Republican candidates for 2016. (If some of them seem preposterous, don't complain to us. Consider the party they belong to.) Do we think they'll be able to settle the '12 race before '16 kicks off in earnest? We're not so sure.
Haley Barbour, Jeb Bush, Scott Brown, Sam Brownback, Eric Cantor, Liz Cheney, Ken Cuccinelli, Mitch Daniels, Jim DeMint, Nikki Haley, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, John Kasich, Susana Martinez, Bob McDonnell, Sarah Palin, George Pataki, Rand Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Rob Portman, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Rick Scott, John Thune, Donald Trump, Scott Walker, about a half-dozen each of teabagger Congressmen and "businessmen" like "Herb" Cain — and yes, Chris Christie.
Coincidentally, Turner Classic Movies showed "Touch of Evil" this morning.
(IMAGE: Orson Welles. But you'd be forgiven if you mistook him for Chris Christie.)
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