[JeepersFreepers]

"Bush -- like it or not, Americans in general and conservatives in particular don't like any hints of dynasties." Sadly, I am not sure that this is true. In the recent Texas Republican Primary, George P. Bush, son of Jeb Bush, received 75% of the vote for Land Commissioner. He has no qualifications for the office and is using this only as an opportunity to enter politics without starting at the bottom. His opponent, David Watts was extraordinarily qualified for the office and is a core conservative. Low information Republican voters in Texas pulled the lever because the candidate was a Bush. There was no other reason to vote for him.

[TexanByBirth]

His opponent, David Watts was extraordinarily qualified for the office and is a core conservative. Low information Republican voters in Texas pulled the lever because the candidate was a Bush. There was no other reason to vote for him.

I voted for Watts, but I never saw a sign or an ad campaigning for him as Land Commissioner! If you don't tell people who you are and what you stand for, you don't stand a chance; and of course you are going to lose!

[Ohioan]

If JEB is such a brilliant "conservative," why has his son moved to Texas to run for office. Wouldn't one expect him to want to stay in Florida, where he might benefit from his father's "competent" state-craft?

Just joking. They both display a lack of consistent dedication to anything that most of us would want to be a party to.

William Flax