Posted on 12/15/2015 4:08:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Going into the 2016 Republican primary, former Florida governor Jeb Bush was the favorite on many handicap cards.
True, the Bush name could be a liability, but probably less so against an equally dynastic opponent like Hillary Clinton. (Or, for Bush critics, running him would foolishly hamper the Republicans’ ability to make hay over the ascension of a hereditary Clinton monarch.) Bush had vast financial resources, a political organization second to none, gubernatorial experience, and all the Establishment support anyone could ask for.
Even after the Trump surge, conventional wisdom still held Bush was the candidate best positioned to ride out the frenzy… which became an enduring phenomenon that baffles observers across the political spectrum to this day. Bush had the endurance to keep his head down, make plans for a few early-state wins, watch his less well-financed candidates drop away, and become the last man standing against Trump… at which point the majority of GOP voters who don’t want Trump as the nominee would coalesce around him....
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Jeb/Cruz ticket on the horizon.
Trim the Bushes.
Yeb! would be a disaster as the GOP nominee.
McCain was a better candidate
And I would stay home in November.
Do not be surprised if this is it. Cruz will be on there to make all of us nitwits happy.
Cruz benefited from Carson’s collapse and was smart not to openly attack Trump.
Cruz is running a smart campaign letting Trump take on the head wind and hoping to pass at the end.
Yep, got us to vote for McCain with Palin.
Still no sale. Started with McCain. Select a conservative for VP to pacify the base. Not going to work this time.
That is really funny.
“And I would stay home in November.”
As would I.
I voted for Sarah....
SMH.
Never again.
Jeb/Cruz ticket on the horizon.
nah, more like Trump/Mcconnell or Trump/Romney(Ann Coulter’s dream ticket)
I did too. I remember we all hoped that McStain would go take a dirt nap. LOL I still do.
I am serious, you are not.
I’m quite serious based on Trump’s attack on Cruz not getting along with the GOPe
I was serious, you are not. What I posted has nothing to do with Trump. What you posted had to do with TDS and was not reality.
I made fun of people who voted for a Republican candidate supporting amnesty and equipping islamists just because his VPN choice was okay. Did they plan on assassinating him? Discovery he have pancreatic cancer?
I still do.
I don’t care who that offends.
When I stand before God I will be held accountable for what I supported. Not for who won.
It’s actually what the DemonRats did with Hillary. They put up Bernie Sanders to run to make Hildabeast look:
1. young by comparison and 2. moderate by comparison.
That’s why he got press. Bernie is a useful fool. When he actually is pushed, he exposes he’s on her side.
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