The Hill has an interesting article today on how senior Republicans and Republican Senators are trying to prevent some of the junior Senators, who are thinking about running for President,  from doing so.  The are afraid that Senators like Rand Paul, Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz have no chance to win a national election.

Fearful of a third successive Democratic triumph, concerned Senate Republicans are turning against 2016 presidential bids by upstart hopefuls within their own ranks.

In forceful comments to The Hill, GOP senators made it plain that they would much prefer their party nominate a current or former governor over Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Marco Rubio (Fla.) or Rand Paul (Ky.).

Those senators have created a buzz among conservative activists, but their colleagues in the upper chamber are eager to support a nominee from outside Washington with a record of attracting independents and centrist Democrats.
They worry that Washington has become so toxic that it could poison the chances of any nominee from Congress in 2016.

“I’m not saying people like Rand Paul and Rubio and Cruz — and there are probably 10 other senators who think they could be president — shouldn’t be president. I’m just saying I want to elect somebody, and everybody is so anti-Washington now that it might be better to have somebody that’s outside of Washington,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), one of the upper chamber’s most senior Republicans.

Grassley said his views could change after the midterm elections, but he also noted that Congress’s approval rating now stands at 13 percent.

They feel that the party would be much better off with a Republican or former Republican Governor.

“I don’t think you have to be a governor, but they have an executive position, and it’s easier to make the transition,” Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said.

“If you talk about the top tier, you’re talking about Christie, Bush, Walker and the governor of Louisiana,” he added in reference to the New Jersey governor, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) expressed concern that sitting senators would have to defend their voting records on a myriad of controversial issues, a liability governors don’t have.

I really wouldn’t put Jindal in that group but I think other than that it’s about right.  NJ governor  Chris Christie was the first choice but it increasingly looks like it’s going to be hard  for him to avoid the current scandals.  Even if he personally didn’t know about any of it it doesn’t point to great managerial skills.   Scott Walker would have to win reelection as governor to be considered – far from a sure thing.  It was interesting that there was no mention of Rick Parry.