But you don’t think like the GOP elitists (fortunately for you). But from their point of view, Jeb is just about ideal. He’s moderate, has paid his dues, brings big money, has the Bush “aura” (or aroma, your choice), and most importantly - he is NOT Rand Paul or Ted Cruz (or worse, Sarah Palin..in their eyes). Or Chris Christie, who they now are being told by the big money people is damaged goods.
They control the money and the machinery, and the GOP elites are absolutely not going to support a conservative or libertarian candidate. Instead they will bankroll the RINO/moderate, bleed the others dry, and send their boy up to lose against Hillary, who will draw RATs, minorities, independents, womyn, and the libertarians who might have gone for someone like Paul but who in now way will vote for a moderate Republican. And conservatives will stay home because they refuse to hold their noses and vote for a RINO.
If you doubt this, suggest reviewing the 2008 and 2012 elections.
He's tired. He bores people. And somebody with is last name doesn't stand a chance of winning.
If nobody else better comes along, I guess Jeb'll do as well as anybody else, but by no stretch of the imagination is he ideal, even for some GOP elite.
Jeb, like the rest of his ilk, does not want the Presidency, only the Nomination as a suitable recognition of his Value To The Party. Bush I was elected in spite of his desires because he was seen as Reagan Redux. Bush II didn’t seem to actually get interested until the Florida imbroglio. Then he put a little more heart in it for his second term as he didn’t want his presidency to be “rejected.”