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At least ten Republican politicians may declare intentions to participate in the US presidential election in 2016

Despite the fact that none of the American politicians has officially announced his intention to run for the 2016 presidential election, many of the potential candidates are already probing the soil. Among the Democrats, the former first lady and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is considered the favorite. All other potential candidates of this party are waiting for its decision. In the ranks of the Republican Party, there are at least ten potential candidates.

Of all the Republican politicians who are considered potential candidates in the 2016 presidential election, only one has officially announced his intentions. This is a former candidate for vice presidents, Congressman from Visconsin Paul Ryan . He is not going to run. “I have for a long time weighed this issue, but decided not to nominate my candidacy,” Ryan said in a statement published at the beginning of this week, noting that in the next two years he prefers to devote all his efforts to work in Congress, where he holds the post of chairman of the Committee on Tax Issues of Representatives.

In the 2012 elections, Ryan ran for the president’s candidate, the former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Mitt Romny. The candidates of the Democratic Party of Barack Obama and Joe Biden inflicted Romni and Ryan Hard defeat, gaining almost five million votes more. Soon after this defeat, Romny said that he was not going to run in the presidential election. After all, this was his second unsuccessful attempt to occupy the White House, and in 2008 he could not even achieve a nomination from his party, losing it to Senator John McCain.

Romny later declared several times that he would never participate in the presidential election. Here is what he said last year, answering the question of the leading program of the CNN television company: “No, I answered this question several times. My answer is the same: I will not seek the elected by the US President in 2016. It’s time for someone else to do this case, and I will support the candidate of our parties.”

However, now it seems that Mitt Romney is seriously considering the possibility of nominating his candidacy. This week, he discussed this issue with a number of republican lawmakers in Washington. Among them, the Senator from the state of New Hampshire Kelly Eyott.

“He was full of enthusiasm when we spoke on the phone. There is no doubt that in terms of all the parameters he can be a good candidate,” Senator Eyott said in an interview with Fox television company. She especially noted Romny's position on the foreign policy and national security issues. During the debate with Barack Obama in 2012, Romny expressed the opinion that Russia is the main threat to the US security. Then his political opponents, as well as a number of observers, criticized him, accusing him of ignorance of international politics. However, Senator Ayott believes, events in Ukraine showed that Romni's fears about Russia were justified.

Senator McCain supported the idea of nominating the candidacy of Romny, and he also noted that he agreed with the point of view of Romny on foreign policy issues. “I think that one of the considerations that prompt Romney to think about nominating his candidacy is related to questions outside the policy. It seems to me that he would be a completely competitive candidate, and I consider him an outstanding person,” McCain said, talking with journalists.

However, McCain made it clear that, with all his respect for Romny, he would like the nomination from the Republican Party to receive another politician. We are talking about a conservative Senator from the state of South Carolina Lindsay Graham , who adheres to strict positions on foreign policy, in particular, in the field of US relations with Russia. "I fully support Senator Graham, especially in the light of what is happening all over the world today," said John McCain

Senator Graham himself has not yet said anything about his intentions regarding the 2016 elections, and most observers tend to believe that even if he nominates his candidacy, his chances of receiving the nomination are very small.

Another supporter of a hard line in foreign policy, a charismatic and relatively young senator from Florida Marco Rubio , has not yet decided whether it was worth putting his candidacy to him. “Very, very soon. I promise that I will tell you about my decision,” he said in a recent interview with Fox television company.

It is assumed that the decision of Marco Rubio will depend on the fact that another representative of Florida, former governor of this state, Jeb Bush , the younger brother and son of the former US presidents, decide in relation to his participation in the election. Officially, Jeb Bush did not declare his intention to run. However, last month, on his Facebook page, he said that he was seriously considering such an opportunity. Bush, who adheres to moderately conservative political views, is considered a representative of the establishment of his party, and, as it is assumed, he can count on the financial support of influential donors. Jab Bush is married to an American of Mexican origin and speaks freely in Spanish that, according to observers, he can make his candidacy attractive among millions of voters-immigrants from Latin America.

Among other potential candidates of the Republican Party, the name of the Governor of the state of New Jersey Chris Christie appears. He has not yet disclosed his cards, but many of his recent statements concerned problems of a nationwide nature, which, according to many, indicate that he is preparing to nominate his candidacy. The New York Times this week reported that, perhaps, at the end of this month, Christy will announce the creation of a committee of political actions in support of his candidate.

If Christie, Romni and Jeb Bush really announce the decision to run, then few doubt that it is between them that the main struggle for the nomination from the Republican Party will unfold. But, of course, they will not be the only candidates. In addition to the already named Marco Rubio and Lindsay Graham, a high -degree of probability can be offered by the Ted Cruise Senator Ted Cruz , Governor of Visconsin Ted Walker , former Arkanzas Governor Mike Hakkabi and the Senator Senator Rand Pols adhering to Libertarian views.