Tuesday, March 19, 2013

March Madness GOP 2016

I know it is kind of early for looking at the 2016 Presidential election, but I figured in the spirit of March Madness we should see where the GOP is right now.

1: Marco Rubio

16: Rob Portman/ John Huntsman


8: John Kasich

9: Scott Walker


5: Paul Ryan

12:  Rick Perry


4: Bobby Jindal

13: Kelly Ayotte


6: Nikki Haley

11: Ben Carson


3: Rand Paul

14: Newt Gingrich


7: Mike Huckabee

10: Condaleeza Rice


2: Chris Christie

15: Jeb Bush

Now, these brackets are as where the various possible candidates stand as of right now. The one person I have seeded probably too highly is Nikki Haley, but whenever she is in front of an audience, she really gets the crowd going. Now, Rubio should be able to get by either Huntsman or Portman at this point with his more conservative prowess and both Huntsman and Portman more moderate as of this point. 8 seeded Kasich and 9 seeded Walker is a very intriguing match up, both conservative governors in swing states. My bias leans toward Kasich for the fact that I am from Ohio and the fact that he has worked in Washington before as Budget Committee chairman. A lot will be decided here on the 2014 election, but this is where I stand right now, Kasich should squeak by. In the 5/12 match up between Ryan and Perry is really a no brainer. Perry has shown on the national stage he cannot speak, and Ryan is very good at speaking on the National stage. Ryan should win in a blowout. The match up between Jindal and Ayotte is also very intriguing, but I think that Jindal pulls it out with about ten percent to go. UPSET ALERT! That is what I am saying between Haley and Neurosurgeon Ben Carson. Carson is a rising star and a dark horse while Haley has not been able to get the attention she deserves. Carson should be able to actually upset pretty handily as of right now. Huckabee and Rand should pass by pretty easily. With the 2/15 match up between Bush and Christie largely depends on who the establishment decides to pour in the money for, right now I would say that it looks a lot like Christie, but that is libel to change. So here is how things look right now.

1: Rubio

8: Kasich


5: Ryan

4: Jindal


11: Carson

3: Paul


7: Huckabee

2: Christie

I am predicting that the final four will look like this:

Rubio

Jindal


Paul

Christie


I am predicting the championship will look like this:


Jindal

Paul


Champion (Right Now) Paul

Friday, March 1, 2013

Sequestration Blame Game

Now, I am puzzled right now. President Barack Obama just came of a victory over republicans not just in the Presidential election, but he got his way with the Fiscal cliff, got a controversial Chuck Hagel through the Senate to become secretary of Defense, and it seemed like he was having his way with Republicans. So why did he make it sound like the Sequester was the end of Western Civilization as we know it, and blamed the Republicans while at it.

First of all, the sequester will not be terribly devastating, especially considering we are living in a 3 trillion dollar budget and we will still add 15 billion in spending when all is said and done. I am not saying it is a good thing, but why make it sound like the most devastating thing in the history of America? What does he gain? Especially when everyone can look on the internet and see that it was his proposal.