BridgeNado

Back in August I published a post with some very, very early speculation about who might run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Here's that list, and a couple of questions I asked at the time:

Marco Rubio (Senator from Florida)
Bobby Jindal (Governor of Louisiana)
Paul Ryan (Congressman from Wisconsin and 2012 VP nominee)
Chris Christie (Governor of New Jersey)
Rand Paul (Senator from Kentucky)
Ted Cruz (Senator from Texas)
Rick Santorum (former Senator from Pennsylvania and runner-up to Mitt Romney in 2012)

Will any of these guys be standing on the Capitol steps on January 20, 2017? Will one (or more) of them get caught in a scandal? 

I'm reposting the list, and my questions, now because one of them did get caught in a scandal: Chris Christie and the whole BridgeNado mess. Some (mostly Democratic) pundits have pronounced that Christie is "toast" as a candidate; others (mostly Republican) say it will all blow over and he's still a front-runner. No way to know for sure at this point, but as always, it's fascinating to watch.