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Maybe 2016 has something to do with it?

By Katie Glueck

11/11/14 7:42 PM EST

Republican governors with 2016 aspirations have a blunt message for their colleagues in the new GOP Congress: Weve done our jobs. Now dont screw up yours.

Their subtler message? Enjoy Capitol Hill, because the White House is going to one of us.

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The rhetorical push voiced recently by several likely presidential candidates, including governors from Louisiana, Wisconsin and Texas comes as the political world looks toward 2016 following the GOPs capture of both houses of Congress for the first time since 2006.

It helps the governors cast themselves as experienced adults compared with their squabbling congressional counterparts, several of whom also are eyeing the presidency. And it also exposes yet another faultline within the GOP, where tea party factions are still at odds with establishment figures, as the White House field comes into focus.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker fired the most direct volley on Sunday, when he wrote that newly empowered GOP legislators should put up or shut up and urged incoming leaders to make bold policy moves. That same day on Meet the Press, Walker said that overall, I believe governors make much better presidents than members of Congress.

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