Posted on 06/15/2015 6:37:52 AM PDT by jimbo123
“We’ve had enough Bushes,” said Barbara Bush two years ago, dismissing the idea of her son Jeb running for President. Her husband and another son both already held the highest office in the world.
Though the media is staging 2016 as the ultimate showdown between political dynasties — Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton — it looks like the culture shares Barbara’s lack of enthusiasm for either of these “establishment” politicians.
In a recent poll taken by Quinnipiac University, Jeb only takes the lead in his home state of Florida, dropping down around 10 percent support in other key swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. In the key primary state of Iowa, Jeb only received 5 percent support from potential voters. In other words, roughly 90 percent of voters want a candidate other than Bush. Here are three reasons why:
1.With two former presidents in his immediate family, Jeb Bush is more a part of the Republican establishment than anyone in history. Long gone are the days when conservatives and tea party members go along with whomever the GOP tries to coronate. It didn’t work in the last election and it won’t work this time. We need voters to help select a candidate instead of the political machine.
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Lofty goals, but a strategy has to be developed and implemented to defang the Establishment power structure.
Unless it’s a concerted and sustained effort to do that, with the right leadership in place, we can expect the GOPe to get what they want once again.
At this point its not being for someone but getting rid of Bush that counts. Activist will spread out and work on this for sure but it will take a major effort and sole searching from others about who to really vote for on primary days.
I think Bush can be knocked out.
Texas could have knocked out Jeb almost by itself if it had switched its primary to March 15 and winner-take-all.
Good point but if Bush isnt knocked out by the time of the Florida primaries we will be in big trouble. Florida is a winner take all state too.
All primaries before March 15 must be proportional representation. Party rules. That includes the Super Tuesday primaries.
If reliably conservative states don’t switch to winner-take-all primaries, the GOP candidate will always be at best a compromise with the GOP-E.
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