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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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To: C19fan

I will not vote for Bush-PERIOD!


21 posted on 02/01/2015 9:55:21 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: C19fan

Bush GOPe nominee = 4 or 8 years of Marxist **** Hillary


22 posted on 02/01/2015 9:56:13 AM PST by twister881
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To: C19fan

Anointed by the Compost. Which will have all the RINOs sporting wood.

Yeah, if I was the Post I’d be rooting for Jeb also.

Pro amnesty, open borders (make that no southern border at all) loves common core. Talk about the GOP base not showing up at the polls. The Dems could bust a 3 time loser out of the pen, and run him successfully against Jeb.

After the traitorous actions of the new Republican congress, the base is not going to vote any more for a (barely) lesser of two evils liberal like Jeb Bush. If my family is any indication, the GOP has already lost half the base.


23 posted on 02/01/2015 9:57:17 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: C19fan

70% of the sheeple on FR will vote for Jeb bush when he is nominated. And 98% of the registered Republicans will pull the lever for this turd.

They know this. It is what gives the GOP leadership the confidence that no matter what piece of crap they throw in the voters’ bowl, it will be lapped up.

We are no better than the black Demorat voters if we vote for Jeb Bush.


24 posted on 02/01/2015 9:57:37 AM PST by anton
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To: Drew68
Yeah, a poll in Iowa. Bush is leading in all the national polls.

Sure "national polls". Let's see....

National politicians are corrupt.

The national media is corrupt.

Crony corporations are corrupt.

But crony corporation polls, paid for by the national media, boosting national politicians?

That can't be corrupt can it.

25 posted on 02/01/2015 9:58:59 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: C19fan

From the looks of it I don’t think I’ll ever vote again!


26 posted on 02/01/2015 9:59:06 AM PST by 1217Chic
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To: C19fan

What happens now?

Americans become even more demoralized.


27 posted on 02/01/2015 9:59:24 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: C19fan

Here’s not what but who: http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/adriana_cohen/2015/01/adriana_cohen_no_man_better_than_bolton_for_our_top


28 posted on 02/01/2015 9:59:44 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: C19fan

I’ll vote for his opponent if he is the nominee.

Lesser of two evils.


29 posted on 02/01/2015 9:59:46 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: mylife

How about that 2008 presidential election with Giuliani vs. Clinton?

They were the front-runners two years out!


30 posted on 02/01/2015 10:01:08 AM PST by hlmencken3 (“I paid for an argument, but you’re just contradicting!”)
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To: anton
...Jeb bush when he is nominated.

"When" Bush is nominated?

Are you giving up?

31 posted on 02/01/2015 10:01:11 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: C19fan

Cruuuuz!


32 posted on 02/01/2015 10:02:14 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (It's better to die free than live as a slave)
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To: C19fan
WE MUST NOT ALLOW THE MEDIA TO SELECT OUR CANDIDATE.. AGAIN!!
33 posted on 02/01/2015 10:03:10 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: C19fan

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jeb-bush-andover-marijuana


34 posted on 02/01/2015 10:03:17 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: C19fan

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/02/01/tumultuous-four-years-phillips-academy-helped-shape-jeb-bush/q6ccyHNOtP1n6kqDokMBfK/story.html


35 posted on 02/01/2015 10:05:18 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: C19fan
GOP front runner? So I assume the GOP has now gone from running liberals to running far left radicals as Republicans?

Question: Who would be insane enough to award Hitlery Clinton the "Liberty medal" on the one year anniversary of Benghazi?

Answer: A far left radical by the same of Jeb Bush.

"And ladies and gentlemen she allowed 4 Americans including a US Ambaassador to be killed by Islamo-Nazis so therefore I am giving her the Liberty medal on the one year anniversary of Benghazi just to shove it in the face of the victims families"

"Everyone everyone, applaud for ME! Aren't I so awesome?"

36 posted on 02/01/2015 10:05:46 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama: 8 acts of blatant treason and counting.)
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To: C19fan

Jeb Bush - bringing out the “low information” Republicans!


37 posted on 02/01/2015 10:06:08 AM PST by djf (OK. Well, now, lemme try to make this clear: If you LIKE your lasagna, you can KEEP your lasagna!)
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To: Mechanicos
You mean in all push polls.

Yes, let's play the "all the polls are lying" game again this season! LOL!

Take solace in the fact that it's early. At some point last election season, all the serious Republican candidates enjoyed front-runner status at least at one point throughout the campaign. Then again, in 2000, GW Bush enjoyed front runner status throughout the entirety of the campaign season.

38 posted on 02/01/2015 10:06:09 AM PST by Drew68
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To: C19fan

The left is salivating over the prospects of tearing into Jeb, they are loaded and ready.


39 posted on 02/01/2015 10:08:51 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Arthur McGowan

The good news is the Sandra Day O’Connor is still alive and kicking and by that I mean that perhaps the 4 & 1/2 conservatives on the court can hang in there another 5 years until we nominate a conservative who’ll win. If the moderates think they had a problem with conservatives sitting it out in 2012, wait until Jeb Bush runs in 2016. Half-assed is too generous in describing this guy.


40 posted on 02/01/2015 10:08:52 AM PST by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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