Posted on 10/31/2014 4:48:43 PM PDT by Bettyprob
Last weekend, speculation that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) might run for president in 2016 ramped up when both of his sons gave interviews indicating he was "moving forward" with a potential campaign and his family was "geared up" for it. If Bush does attempt to follow his father and brother's footsteps to the White House, many insiders expect he would be the instant leader in a crowded Republican field.
"If he gets in ... he is the immediate front-runner," former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said of Bush.
Business Insider spoke to top GOP donors who indicated many of the party's top fundraisers were ready to back Bush.
"He will get the backing," SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci said. "People will be stepping over themselves."
More importantly, it seems some key Republican donors are waiting until Bush decides whether to run before giving money to any other potential candidates.
One top investor who regularly donates to GOP candidates expressed support for Bush and a reluctance to make 2016 contributions until Bush makes his choice. Several other major donors are also staying on the sidelines until Bush decides, the investor said.
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I will raise one million dollars for Ted Cruz or Sarah Palin and will teach others to fundraise.
Stay out da Booshies. They’ve done enough damage to the US.
Backers but no votes. Maybe a few Democrats will cross over and vote for him.
Sorry, no Amnesty Whores this time please!
Sorry, no Common Core Whores Please!
I have no problem with Jeb Bush running. He’d be a perfect choice for Hillary’s VP nominee.
Barbara Bush on Son Jeb in 2016: ‘We’ve Had Enough Bushes’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3012320/posts
Gag me gag me. Gonna take a rope and hang me.
People need to feel excited about going and voting for a candidate. They need a reason to go out and vote for that candidate. What is not going to work is "the other guy is worse that him" argument.
We have already tried the "big rich donor candidate", and it does not work. The democrats also have big donors.
People complain about the media trying to pick our candidate, but these big donors are the real enemy. They flood establishment RINOs such as Romney and Bush with huge amounts of money, which gives them the advantage in winning the nomination. Romney used his monetary edge to crush his primary opponents state by state in 2012.
Jeb Bush, the next in a long list of designated losers like Dole, George H. in ‘92, McCain, and Romney. Enough already!
It is the way the GOPe operates. Winning is never apparently the end goal.
F ‘em. It’s too late to save the republic anyway.
Same with W, he had all the big dollars sewed up early on.
His parents never thought W would be president, Jeb was the one that was supposed to become president.
Jeb can’t win, and neither can Romney, so the GOPe better find a better candidate, or we will have another crappy leftist.
If he runs hillary will be the next president.
Romney had big donors too. He also had less votes.
So, the media has chosen Jeb Bush as the Republican candidate. The RNC has to stop allowing lefty journalists to pick the candidate. McCain and Romney are closet Democrats. Neither had any grass roots support. Bush would be another loser.
I will not vote for Jeb.
Two Reagan landslides mean nothing to the Bushes or the GOP
I have a different take on it...
If the establishment wants a Republican to win this time, they of course pick which Republican and the Democrats will then run a candidate that they know can't win...
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