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Why Jeb Bush and John Kasich attacking each other is pointless (for now)
Washington Post ^ | 12/30/15 | Philip Bump

Posted on 12/30/2015 11:27:23 AM PST by jimbo123

John Kasich released an ad on Tuesday that attacks Jeb Bush for being a candidate of the "good ole days" - days defined by the "Macarena," Betamax tapes and the AMC Pacer. In other words, a span of some 30 years, apparently.

Allies of Bush, meanwhile, started targeting Marco Rubio (again) for having missed votes in the Senate. As The Post reported on Wednesday, it's all part of a new focus among the mid-tier establishment candidates to take one another out, with the idea that being the last man standing will pay benefits as voters look for alternatives to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2016election; chamberofcommerce; election2016; florida; gope; jebbush; johnkasich; marcorubio; ohio; rinos
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1 posted on 12/30/2015 11:27:23 AM PST by jimbo123
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this is all about the ad consultants and such getting their money nothing else


2 posted on 12/30/2015 11:30:02 AM PST by jneesy (rough seas make skillful sailors)
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GOP establishment candidates are too busy attacking each other to go after Trump.

What a bunch of clowns. They could never defeat Trump when they’re defeating each other by the death of a thousand cuts.

Misery loves company and Kasich, Rubio and Jeff deserve each other.

Good riddance!


3 posted on 12/30/2015 11:31:29 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

I meant Jeb. None of them is presidential timber.


4 posted on 12/30/2015 11:32:23 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: jimbo123

The leaders don’t have to do much. Bush, Kasich, and the rest of the lower tier are going after each other.


5 posted on 12/30/2015 11:35:31 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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It’s all about the consultants removing as much cash as they can before the candidate withdraws from the race.


6 posted on 12/30/2015 11:36:16 AM PST by LongWayHome
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Wow. They are going to be scraping bottom before they report on real news with Trump in


7 posted on 12/30/2015 11:36:28 AM PST by stanne
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To: jimbo123

Jeb and Kasich hammering each other reminds me of those old Swiss clocks where the two wooden figures come out at the stroke of the hour, then start hitting each other over the head like Punch and Judy. The figures return to their little birdhouse, then wait for the next stroke of the clock.


8 posted on 12/30/2015 11:38:31 AM PST by lee martell
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Pointless? But this could completely alter the landscape of who will finish last place.


9 posted on 12/30/2015 11:39:13 AM PST by Manic_Episode (GOP = The Whig Party)
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To: goldstategop
What a bunch of clowns. They could never defeat Trump!

A picture of those clowns when their campaign money disappears next year.


10 posted on 12/30/2015 11:40:03 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump is kicking the ass of the GOPe/RINOs/the media. Don't like him? He must be kicking YOUR ass!!!)
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To: jimbo123

It may be pointless, but it is entertaining.


11 posted on 12/30/2015 11:40:43 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jimbo123

Powder-puff politics1! Its pointless, but pathetic!


12 posted on 12/30/2015 11:42:51 AM PST by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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Why would Kasich and Jeb attack each other? They're the only two who are total establishment sellouts, even to the detail that they both worked for banks after their first experiences in elected office.

If they can split the total-sellout vote, it's all good. I thought the plot might have been that the two of them together were supposed to win in their respective important swing states as part of a plan to combine delegates.

13 posted on 12/30/2015 11:43:21 AM PST by grania
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Who and who?


14 posted on 12/30/2015 11:43:50 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: jneesy

this is all about the ad consultants and such getting their money nothing else


Anybody who would pay an ad consultant for that stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid ad about Bush liking betamax... well, I hate Bush as much as the next person... but that ad was stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid ...

Did I mention stupid?

I guess stupid is the new synonym for Kasich.


15 posted on 12/30/2015 11:45:28 AM PST by samtheman (Only Trump can beat the Saudi-funded Fraud Machine in the general election.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
It may be pointless, but it is entertaining.

Send in the clowns!!!

                           The NosePicker                              vs                              Shouty McScreamypants

16 posted on 12/30/2015 11:49:20 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: grania

They both worked for Lehman Brothers right before it went bankrupt.


17 posted on 12/30/2015 11:51:27 AM PST by jimbo123
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Each is fighting to get the top draft choice by finishing last.


18 posted on 12/30/2015 11:53:56 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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Both these two RINO’s have tossed millions into the black hole that is election funding and their numbers are in the toilet.
And they aren’t going to improve.
Why continue?


19 posted on 12/30/2015 12:03:49 PM PST by Joe Boucher (Rubio is a liar, Jeb is worthless, Go Cruz ,Keep stirring the pot Donald.)
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To: lee martell; flaglady47; 3D-JOY; Chigirl 26; seekthetruth; varialectio; Bob Ireland; aculeus
THE DUEL
(abridged somewhat)

The gingham dog and the calico cat
Side by side on the table sat
'Twas half-past twelve and what do you think!
Nor one nor the other had slept a wink!
The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate
Appeared to know as sure as sure as fate
There was going to be a terrible spate!

The gingham dog went "Bow-Wow-Wow!"
And the calico cat replied "Mee-ow"
The air was littered an hour or so
With bits of gingham and calico
The Chinese Plate looked very blue
And wailed, "Oh dear! What shall we do!"
But the gingham dog and the calico cat
Wallowed this way and tumbled that
Employing every tooth and claw
In the awfullest way you ever saw---

Next morning, where the two had sat
They found no trace of dog or cat
And some folks think unto this day
That burglars stole that pair away!
But the truth about the cat and pup
Is this: THEY ATE EACH OTHER UP!
Now what do you really think of that!

(Eugene Field...1850-1895)

Leni

20 posted on 12/30/2015 12:12:18 PM PST by MinuteGal (Tell Fox Network How You Feel About Its Current UNBALANCED News....... NewsManager@foxnews.com)
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