The GOPe dream team. What could go wrong?
Good luck getting Conservative votes, GOP-E.
“Revenge”? For what? The GOPe are the ones that keep running a presidential candidate that goes down in flames. You can’t beat any liberal Democrat with the likes of Jeb Bush.
Name recognition - of course they lead the field.
There is a built-in advantage that comes with the name Romney/Bush.
Never again will I vote for someone who isn’t Conservative...no matter what the threats.
If they lead GOP, I am not GOP.
No thank you.
Run a conservative GOP and then I will think about supporting you again. Until then ... no thank you.
I love Bush 1 & 2 but even I don’t want another Bush in the White House. We’ve got to do better!
Running either Jeb or Mit would be like campaigning on a platform with a minimum wage of $14, when the Dem candidate is proposing $15.
Bush / Clinton 2016!
UniParty wins!
Revenge against whom?
We’ve got two political parties, both ganging up against actual Americans.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !
Ted Cruz, Scot Walker,Sessions, Palin = YESS for president
The more GPOe’s the better. Let em all split the GOPe vote and let a good conservative like Cruz in.
"They’d be followed by Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, each with 9 percent, and physician Ben Carson with 8 percent. The rest of the potential field trails behind in smaller single digits. [..] It includes Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, 7 percent; Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, 6 percent; Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Rick Perry, both of Texas and each with 5 percent; Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, each with 3 percent; Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and businesswoman Carly Fiorina, each with 1 percent."
Cruz’s comments come as several Republican governors and former governors are considering running for president.
That includes Jeb Bush of Florida, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Scott Walker of Wisconsin, and John R. Kasich of Ohio. Cruz’s colleagues who may run include Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rand Paul, R-Ky.
“We do see a fair number of governors who are taking a pass on the great challenges facing us right now,” Cruz said. “And here’s what I hope. By any measure there are a lot of folks … that are thinking of running for president in ’16, both governors and senators. What I’ve urged every one of them is … the number one way to demonstrate that you should be the nominee is to stand up and lead … stand up for free market principles, stand up for the Constitution, stand up for American leadership in the world.”
Cruz believes someone with a conservative message will win the nomination and general election.
“If you look at Republican nominees that have gone on to win the presidency they have done so consistently by running as strong conservatives with a positive optimistic hopeful messages,” Cruz said, urging candidates to stay away from what he dubs the “mushy middle.”...............
[NOTE] Correction, 11:50 p.m.
"An earlier version of this post misquoted Cruz in what seemed to be a reference to the Bush family."
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I wonder how Roll Call worded it to twist Cruz's comment - probably to make him look "mean-spirited." It looks like one of Cruz's people spotted it and made them fix it.
Much of FR close to Election Day 2012 = If you vote for anyone but the Republican candidate you are a traitor. It will be all your fault if Obama wins. Please, please, please vote for Romney.
Much of FR from 2013-present = I hate RINOs. I only vote for true conservatives. I refuse to vote for liberals. I'm done with the GOP. We need a 3rd party. Blah, blah, blah.
Much of FR close to Election Day 2016 = If you vote for anyone but the Republican candidate you are a traitor. It will be all your fault if (insert Dem candidate here) wins. Please, please, please vote for (Romney or Bush or Christie or...)
These preliminary or premature presidential primary polls (PPPPs as I call them) are as irrelevant as they are utterly useless.
Obviously a person with a name like Clinton or Bush or Romney is going to have a big lead over lesser known candidates in a PPPP due mostly to name ID which is of course at least half the battle in politics.
This does not guarantee victory. It was thought that HRC was inevitable for the Dem nomination in 2008. That did not happen.
It is also the main reason why the first presidential primaries are held in small states like IA, NH, and SC where less known candidates have a better chance of getting themselves known to the voters.
OK, I find only 4% in this poll voting for someone that Free Republic has determined not to be a RINO or GOPe. Looks like we have an uphill fight.