Posted on 12/28/2015 7:32:39 AM PST by jimbo123
Jeb's dead.
At least, that's the conventional wisdom, and has been for a few months. The man who would be America's third President Bush in as many decades never quite had a good night in the Republican debates. His polls numbers have continued to stagnate, and in some cases, plummet. Bush's initial blitz may have scared away Mitt Romney, but nobody else is frightened of him. Donald Trump calls him a "nice guy" in a way that seems designed to torture him. We haven't even gotten to Bush's heresies on immigration and education policy - that's how secure his rivals and the media are in the knowledge that he is defeated. And so we just wait for the Republican establishment to coalesce around some other acceptable presidential candidate.
Except, we've been waiting for months, and it is not happening. Marco Rubio is just not catching fire in national polls or in Iowa and New Hampshire specifically. The Rubio moment in the media has been going on for at least a month on the logic that Rubio is acceptable to the Republican establishment and to many movement conservatives. He provides a young, Latino, telegenic, forward-looking contrast to Hillary Clinton. He even hails from Florida! And yet, he's stuck at 10 to 12 percent, everywhere. Meanwhile, Chris Christie has gained a few points in New Hampshire. So has John Kasich.
If you were wagering on the Republican race, Jeb Bush is the best "value bet." Everyone thinks he's toast. But he still has a real shot.
(Excerpt) Read more at theweek.com ...
Ah... no.
More whistling past the graveyard. A lot of that going around.
No way. This guy is a doofus and a loser.
How much is it costing Jeb to have these articles written and published?
I don’t get what motivates these people. Yeah...money, I get it, but how much has Yeb spent and got absolutely nowhere. Lip service is much less effective than cold hard cash...are these people so out of touch they can’t even figure that out?
These people are deranged
tge guy is in single digits, so far behind the front runner, a non politician, who’s popularity has to do with not being like politicians
If the most surprising thing happened, Jeb would never win. He’d hand it to Hillary any way
Hillary is running his campaign?
The Week is a skinny Leftist rag published by the NYT, so of course, they are trying to pump up JEB’s flaccid campaign. They don’t promote conservatives.
Just because the republican base doesn’t want Jeb doesn’t mean that the party commissars won’t issue him to us in November.
If you walked into some country bar in the south and brought up Jeb with a hundred guys....you’d probably only find two that might consider him a possible candidate. After that, he’s like number four on the list at best. I don’t know what Jeb was thinking back in the spring of 2015 when he jumped into the race and was convinced that he’d overcome a dozen different and negative factors.
Seriously, what are these people drinking?
He's at or less than 3% for heaven's sake.
In Iowa, it is likely that the two front runners, in a field that still has 11 or 12, Trump and Cruz, are going to poll over 60% between the two of them.
Jeb will still be less than 5%. I expect the same in New Hampshire and in North Carolina.
Will these GOPe holdouts, who can't see the forest for the trees, still be making such statements even then?
Well, if they are doing it now...it is a good bet that they will trot out the same old mantra to us then. Amazing.
These lefty and GOPe journalists have delusions of grandeur for ole Jebbie....
His polls numbers have continued to stagnate, and in some cases, plummet
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A drop from 4% to 3% is not exactly a plummet.
Jeb can’t even reply during a debate with the Burger King “king”! $1.49 for 10 Chicken Nuggets.
They’re determined to force this loser on us.
Is his campaign slogan still, “Jeb can fix it”?
LOL! OMG! ROFL! Omigah they are KILLING me! LOL! holy crap! HAHAHHAHH! HAHAHHAHHAAHAHHAHH! LOL! WTF! They GOTTA be smoking CRACK! ROFLASC! (gasp) LOL! OMG! ROFL! LAF! HA! This is the FUNNIEST thing I have EVER heard! LOL LOL LOL! Gah, they gotta be kidding! YGBSM! STOP!!! LOL! ROFLASC! This is too much! LOL! OMG! (gasp) HOO HOO HOOOOOOO! ROFL! LAF! HA! They are on DRUGS! LOL LOL HAHAHHAHH! HAHAHHAHHAAHAHHAHH! LOL! YGBSM! What will they think of next! LOL! ROFLASC! LOL! Waiter, check please! OMG! ROFL! This is fantastic material! LAF! (gasp) HA! HAHAHHAHH! LOL LOL LOL! YGBSM! LOL! Wow! ROFLASC! LOL! Amazing they can come up with this stuff! OMG! ROFL! LAF! TRULY spectacular! HA! STOP you are KILLING ME!!!! LOL LOL LOL! (gasp) YGBSM! Elvis has LEFT THE BUILDING! LOL! ROFLASC! LOL! I know who's responsible: ALIENS! OMG! ROFL! This is something *Pelosi* came up with, ISN'T it??? GASPING for breath over here!! LAF! HA! LOL LOL LOL! Wonderful, wonderful comedy! YGBSM! LOL! ROFLASC! LOL! This is much better than 'Cats'! OMG! ROFL! Holy Toledo! LAF! (gasp) HA! I am GOBSMACKED! LOL LOL LOL! Where's Debbie Wasserman-Shultz! She must be the source of this! YGBSM! LOL! HA! HA! HA! FUNNIEST thing EVER!!!! ROFL! LOL! OMG OMG OMG! HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH! (gasp)*
*At this point, all you can do with these people, is point at them and laugh.
Oh that was good. I bet the Moderators don’t even notice. :)
well, it is a 25% drop :-)
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