The best candidates are listed in the ‘declined’ category: The strongest ones are (1) Jeb Bush – a much better leader and more likeable than his brother; (2) Chris Cristie – so popular that he could be drafted at the convention; (3) David Petraus – the man Obama most fears and has consequently appointed to head the CIA in the hope that he won’t run; (4) Marco Rubio – 2012 is not his natural time, but rather 2016 - however, an incredibly effective campaigner who would easily take the Latino vote, thereby destroying Obama’s base. Rubio is a much more likely a VP candidate where he would again destroy Obama’s Latino support.