Posted on 07/30/2015 12:44:08 PM PDT by jimbo123
When Jeb Bush said last December that the Republican nominee would have to be willing to “lose the primary to win the general without violating your principles,” it sounded like either a starkly realistic assessment of the dynamics of Republican presidential politics or an awfully naïve statement of what was actually possible for a Republican candidate. Most observers — myself included — thought that he’d have no choice but to mirror the anger of committed Republican voters. As the candidate perceived by base voters and the most moderate of the contenders, he’d have to go through the same ritual that Mitt Romney did — genuflection to the right.
But so far, it doesn’t seem to be happening. Bush is offering a kinder, gentler conservatism than the other candidates — not in substance, but in tone. And even though he’s trailing Donald Trump in the polls, at this point it looks like his strategy might just pay off.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Please, please, please don’t pander!!! Be your liberal moderate libertarian compromising self! Please, please do it.
You’ll NEVER get my vote anyway.
And one more thing... please always listen to the Washington Post!
well, we will never find out if Jeb has to ‘pender to the right wing’ until he at least tries it for a day or two...
NEVER..., have I seen a writer destroy their own argument quicker.
I don’t listen to the Washington Post. LOL
Jeb: Humans contribute to climate change
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/249771-jeb-bush-humans-contribute-to-climate-change
Jeb nomination = third party momentum in 2016. I’ll be one of them. In a field this strong, there’s no way I am settling this time.
Quite simply NO JEB BUSH!
WaPo can just shut up. Yeb is pandering to Hispanics and the Chamber of Commerce constituency, the ‘rat candidates pander to their far left and their minority constituency-so conservatives just aren’t supposed to have representation in this country, even after RINOs campaign on a conservative platform then stab conservatives in the back? WaPo can really kiss my azz.
Partisan Media Shill ping -- see, only Republicans "pander".
does that mean JB is volunteering to stop contributing to ‘climate change?’
Polls drive headlines.
GOTV wins ELECTIONS.
Jeb isn’t “concerned” because he knows the entire Republican Establishment will be behind him, getting votes to the polls in the primaries.
Or else...
No Bush. Just because of his name. So sue me.
Of course it is.
“Don’t be fooled by those other people and what they say.”
“Jeb is main stream, apple pie, grandma’s favorite, helper of little old ladies, kind to cats, friendly with puppies, lover of children, once seen with a manatee...”
Sheesh...
Jeb only needs to pander to the statist elites. They have the money and the power to put whoever they want into the White House.
Hey Jebbie, go ahead and make it official and run as a ‘Rat.
Bush is practicing his new Mr. Rodgers strategy schtick. Hoping to set some kind of civil tone of happiness and smiles as if everything is just peachy. Bush is the happy candidate.☺
Jeb Bush will not be the US President unless he runs as a Democrat or the Democrats somehow vote him in.............
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