About a week and a half ago former senator Jim Webb, a Democrat, announced that he has formed an exploratory committee, one of the steps to running for president. Now the first possible Republican candidate has officially announced that he's not running. Ohio senator Rob Portman says he's going to run for reelection to his senate seat, because the incoming Republican majority provides a real opportunity to get things done. He also says that he can't be an effective senator and run for president at the same time.
Is he also subtly dissing Kentucky Senator Rand Paul? Paul is struggling to figure out a way to comply with his state's rule which says that you can't be on the ballot for two positions in the same election. Paul is up for reelection to the senate in 2016 and he's also almost certainly going to run for President. Just in case the presidency thing doesn't work out, he wants his name on the ballot for senator too; if Kentucky Republicans had won a majority in the state senate last month, they apparently were going to change the law for him. Alas, the Democrats retained control, so Senator Paul is looking for another solution.
I've updated my list of potential Republican candidates:
Potential Republican Candidates
Sam Brownback
Jeb Bush
Dr. Ben Carson
Chris Christie
Ted Cruz
Mike Huckabee
Bobby Jindall
John Kasich
Rand Paul
Mike Pence
Rick Perry
Mitt Romney
Marco Rubio
Paul Ryan
Rick Santorum
Rick Snyder
Scott Walker
Officially Not Running
Rob Portman
Days until election day: 706
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