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Jeb Bush has become the GOP front-runner for 2016 — so now what?
Washington Post ^
| January 31, 2015
| Karen Tumulty and Matea Gold
Posted on 02/01/2015 9:41:50 AM PST by C19fan
Mitt Romney’s decision to forgo a third try at the White House has settled the question of whether the 2016 GOP presidential field has a front-runner — bestowing a coveted status on former Florida governor Jeb Bush that also raises new challenges and perils.
Republicans have a tradition of picking an anointed one early. That establishment candidate almost always ends up with the nomination, although not without a fight and some speed bumps along the way.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; bush; potus
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Izvestia on the Potomac has spoken.
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:41:51 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Jeb Bush murdered Terri Schiavo.
This is totally disqualifying.
To: C19fan
He will NEVER get a vote from me—a life long Republican at age 75.
To: C19fan
Yeah really, WaPo neo-marxist circle jerk came up with that one.
It`s Scott Walker.
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:47:22 AM PST
by
Para-Ord.45
(Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
To: C19fan
The GOPe forgot to inform the polls. Walker is leading in the last polls.
The e in GOPe stands for excrement.
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:48:23 AM PST
by
EEGator
To: C19fan
Sure, in liberal democraps minds, jeb is the front runner.
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:48:49 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:48:50 AM PST
by
CGASMIA68
To: savedbygrace
The GOPe forgot to inform the polls. Walker is leading in the last polls.Yeah, a poll in Iowa. Bush is leading in all the national polls.
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:49:14 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: C19fan
Jeb Bush has become the GOP front-runner for 2016 — so now what? Ignore the MSM's polls and support Conservatives anyway.
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:50:20 AM PST
by
TwelveOfTwenty
(See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
To: C19fan
Nothing surprising if he did lead as the eGOP is very left-wing and so is Jeb.
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:50:28 AM PST
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:50:44 AM PST
by
mylife
To: Drew68
You mean in all push polls.
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:51:25 AM PST
by
Mechanicos
(Nothing's so small it can't be blown out of proportion.)
To: ridesthemiles
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:52:21 AM PST
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:52:37 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: savedbygrace
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:52:47 AM PST
by
deport
To: Para-Ord.45
That is what my 23 year old son says.
Scott Walker.
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:53:01 AM PST
by
mylife
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:53:38 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: EEGator
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posted on
02/01/2015 9:54:13 AM PST
by
mylife
To: C19fan
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02/01/2015 9:54:49 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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