What will be the best combo for the gop to win the next election?

Christie and Rubio. It would help with moderate and Northern Republicans and also Hispanics. That coupled with energizing their conservative base would be formidable against any Democrat. Rubio is young enough he might not mind being a vice president as a stepping stone to one day running for president. The GOP has done better with governors and former governors in elections in the last 50 years.

Any combination of candidates would be good enough for GOP. The economy being ruined for 8 long years is unforgivable offense for any sane citizen. By then unemployment would be way higher and it would be a full blown depression.

Obama won because he used bill Clinton's record a lot. But the next DNC nominee has to run on Obama record and he can't use Clinton for anything.

Bill made speeches for Obama a lot on both elections but he won't do that for next nominee.

I agree rubio should be capable to win but so would almost anyone.

The bush fault argument also benefited Obama a lot. That too can't be used in 2016.

Benjamin Carson has never even held public office. He's not going to run and he's not going to be nominated. Putting up a black guy and a Latino isn't going to anything for the GOP if they don't change their policies and disavow the "deport 'em all" crowd.

Huckabee/Rubio

Rubio/Palin, Jindal/Rice... whatever combination fronts a minority and a woman.

I know this totally goes against the grain of the GOP, though, but that "win" is a win, period.

Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. The Republican Party is one of the largest parties but these guys have the support of the libertarian party, the third largest party in America. With both the republican and libertarian support they would out-vote the democrats.

Guliani and Rubio

Lincoln and Eisenhower.