2016 Presidential Field Update

Jim Webb has called quits on his 2016 Presidential ambitions.  Well, for now anyways.  Same with Lincoln Chafee.  Joe Biden also finally announced that he will not seek the Presidency in 2016.  That leaves us with 19 candidates still in the running, 15 Republicans and 4 Democrats.

Here's how the remaining rank in my opinion (as far as their chances):

Democrats: 

1. Hillary Clinton
2. Bernie Sanders
3. Martin O'Malley
4. Lawrence Lessig

Republicans: 

1. Donald Trump
2. Ben Carson
3. Marco Rubio
4. Jeb Bush
5. Carly Fiorina 
6. Ted Cruz
7. Rand Paul
8. Chris Christie
9. John Kasich
10. Mike Huckabee
11. Rick Santorum
12. Lindsey Graham
13. Bobby Jindal
14. George Pataki
15. Jim Gilmore

The Republican will hold their next debate on October 28, I suspect some of the also rans of their party (I'm speaking to you Santorum, Graham, Jindal, Pataki & Gilmore) will start dropping off not long after that.  As for Webb?   Let him run as an Independent, he would only drain votes from the GOP (if Trump or Carson get the nomination) if he did that as he's got no support among Democrats.  Chafee really had no choice but to drop out after his disastrous debate performance and his lack of funding.