Q: Could Sen. Lind­sey Gra­ham be a ser­i­ous con­tender for the pres­id­ency in 2016?

DEMO­CRATS (81 VOTES) (Brendan Smia­lowski/AFP/Getty Im­ages)



Yes: 23%

No: 77%

Yes

“Sen. Gra­ham is a great talk­ing head and will be a ser­i­ous play­er in early de­bates. Can he raise money and put to­geth­er a real cam­paign?”

“The man has grav­itas, cred­ib­il­ity on for­eign and do­mest­ic is­sues, and John Mc­Cain. Not bad for a start to pose the most ser­i­ous threat to Jeb Bush.”

“If he can sur­vive un­til the de­bates, he could shine there and get a boost.”

No

“I don’t think Gra­ham could win the GOP nom­in­a­tion. He’s a Wash­ing­ton in­sider and too thought­ful to ap­peal to the tea-party crowd.”

“He is a le­gis­lat­or, not an ex­ec­ut­ive, and has no ac­cess to deep pock­ets.”

“This is about the Ron Paul an­ti­dote. Lind­sey wants to be the voice of the GOP hawks, which see IS­IS as their road back to in­flu­ence.”

“No, but he will be a fun ad­di­tion to the mix and more know­ledge­able than most on is­sues.”

“Don’t see how he can put the money and or­gan­iz­a­tion to­geth­er to be com­pet­it­ive.”

Q: Could Sen. Lind­sey Gra­ham be a ser­i­ous con­tender for the pres­id­ency in 2016?

RE­PUB­LIC­ANS (87 VOTES)

Yes: 17%

No: 83%

Yes

“Could be the na­tion­al se­cur­ity can­did­ate at a time when ter­ror­ism is the No. 1 is­sue. Also likely to be the best de­bater in the field.”

“With an ap­peal­ing de­fense/for­eign policy mes­sage and sup­port in New Hamp­shire and South Car­o­lina, he could still be stand­ing in March.”

“Not an ob­vi­ous con­tender for either the es­tab­lish­ment or out­sider slots, but has money, hu­mor, and a good home state work­ing for him.”

No

“But he does carry an im­port­ant mes­sage about na­tion­al se­cur­ity that needs to be heard.”

“The Mc­Cain/Gra­ham act flopped in 2008.”

“He can’t win South Car­o­lina and will not be able to raise the funds to com­pete, but he could be a real power broker in South Car­o­lina, and that is a power play in and of it­self.”

“Would nev­er make it out of Iowa/New Hamp­shire. Prob­ably wouldn’t fin­ish first in South Car­o­lina primary. Game, set, match. Over.”

“To what ques­tion is Lind­sey Gra­ham the an­swer that has a single thing to do with who should be the next pres­id­ent?”

“Cam­paign­ing for a Cab­in­et post.”

“He’ll have a strong pres­ence in the de­bates but has no nat­ur­al con­stitu­ency.”

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