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Hunger Games To Settle GOP Race?

Jennifer Lawrence portrays Katniss Everdeen in a scene from
Jennifer Lawrence portrays Katniss Everdeen in a scene from "The Hunger Games." (AP file photo)

President Obama paid no tribute to the 2016 Republican presidential race Thursday, likening the extremely crowded GOP field to a real-life “Hunger Games” competition. “We've got some healthy competition in the Democratic Party. But I've lost count how many Republicans are running for this job,” Obama said at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. “They'll have enough for an actual ‘Hunger Games,’” Obama added to raucous applause, referring to the book and movie series of the same name. “That is an interesting bunch”/The Hill. More here.

Question: If we put all the current GOP candidates into a do-or-die ring for the GOPrez nomination, who would win? Why?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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