Senate The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election has begun

For those who still think it's too soon to be talking about 2016 ... tough luck.​

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On Friday, C-SPAN will start branding events with likely presidential hopefuls as "Road to the White House 2016." The series starts tomorrow with footage of speeches by Vice President Joe Biden and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in South Carolina, and will continue with other events later this month.​

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This is an unusually early start date for the series, which normally gets under way about two years ahead of Election Day. C-SPAN's "Road to the White House 2012" didn't start until Aug. 3, 2010, when the network interviewed Republican hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty. Between then and the election, it aired 552 events — including speeches, debates, conventions, etc. — that came under the "Road to the White House" brand.​

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News organizations have been hyping the 2016 presidential contest since before the 2012 election, and not a day goes by where there isn't some talk of politicians' presidential ambitions. But now, with C-SPAN on board, I think it's fair to say that the race is truly on.​

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(WATCH: Barbara Bush on Jeb 2016: 'We’ve had enough Bushes')​

Official C-SPAN website:
http://therun2016.com/its-may-time-for-2016-hustle/



This month's (May 2013) campaign schedule for the 2016 presidential election:
May 3 — Joe Biden in Columbia, SC
May 3 — Ted Cruz in Columbia, SC
May 10 — Rand Paul in Cedar Rapids, IA
May 10 — Bobby Jindal in Manchester, NH
May 20 — Rand Paul in Concord, NH
May 23 — Scott Walker in Des Moines, IA




So yeah, with that campaign schedule, it looks like it really has already begun...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2016



You can bet Hillary Clinton is running unless something drastic happens, and will dominate the Democrats The independent "Ready for Hillary" already has over 138,000 likes on Facebook, and is already raising money and gathering email addresses.

Joe Biden, Andrew Cuomo, Martin O'Malley, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, John Hickenlooper, Jack Markell, Peter Shumlin, Deval Patrick, Brian Schweitzer, etc. probably won't even run if she does.



Right now, Marco Rubio and Chris Christie poll best among Republicans, but both may be "too moderate" for the GOP base during the primaries.

Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum, and Rand Paul are also considering running and one of them could become the conservative alternative to Christie/Rubio.

(I really doubt Jeb Bush can gain any traction, especially after his immigration flip-flopping. Paul Ryan is acting unlikely to run. Scott Walker and Mike Pence would be pretty bad. Susana Martinez and Brian Sandoval openly rule it out. Bob McDonnell is in scandal and sinking, Bobby Jindal is becoming very unpopular in his state. Nikki Haley is highly unpopular. Ken Cuccinelli probably won't even win his governor's race.)

 

I absolutely refuse to give a damn until late 2015.

 

Is gulag for you!

 

Rand Paul 2016!

Congress won't pass a single budget between now an then. We'll be limping along from one manufactured austerity crisis to the next, and Congressional approval ratings will hover in the teens. Yet some Republicans believe a person like Paul can become a viable candidate. Only a Republican state governor has a shot at the White House, but not a Texas governor. And not Bobby J either.

 

Well I guess this means I have to enter the race as soon as possible. I'm running for the Birthday Party. I need funds though.

 

I hope Vermin Supreme runs again too. The elections need a healthy dose of intentional insanity.

 

Grantham / Bates 2016!!!!!

 

Good lord, it looks like they copied and pasted Gary Busey's face on that cover.

 

I think this time if Hillary runs she will become President.

 

He's already made about a dozen trips to Iowa since Romney lost

Hey, at least he'll be entertaining!

 

Ted Cruz challenges Joe Biden to an hour-long debate (seriously)

Does he not remember this?

 

yaaaaaa, now we get to see the clown car of idiots the GOP ushers out.... I cant wait... last election is gonna be hard to top with the likes of Herman Cain, Bachmann, Newt, etc etc etc....

 

i think everybody lost that debate. even martha radish.

 

you ever go to the circus and watch 50 clowns getting out of a small car, that's what the GOP reminded me of last election

 

Senator McCaskill endorses Hillary Clinton for President in 2016:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/hillary-clinton-2016-claire-mccaskill-92959.html
http://www.readyforhillary.com/pres...‘08-supporter-announces-support-ready-hillary

 

Brilliant stratagem, McCaskill, everyone knows nothing changes in three years, especially not in politics.

You'd think given the last two elections we'd have figured out by now that trying to predict this **** too early is a meaningless endeavor, but no, we keep on trucking, convinced that this time it will all pan out as intended.

 

Elections are the most interesting part of politics, so I fail to see why everyone has their panties in a bunch. It isn't as though the Obama administration is getting much done.